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A Dactyl is a three-syllable foot accented on the first syllable.
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It will be noted that the dactyl is very closely related in expression to the trochee, and the anapest to the iambic.
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The proceleusmatic foot, or four short syllables, instead of the dactyl; scen.
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This foot, consisting of one accented syllable, followed by two unaccented syllables, is called a dactyl.
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The Dactyl, a foot of three syllables, the first long and the two last short, is used principally in the first place in the line.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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