Joe, an initial trochee doesn't derail the IP at all. It's a very standard substitution that you see all the time. (Consider, for example, the first line of Sonnet 27, "Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed." You don't have to say "wearY" to make it work). In fact, the first line of Michael's poem also starts with a trochee, and it doesn't seem to have bothered you.
Last edited by Roger Slater; 02-21-2024 at 09:39 AM.
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