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An example of dactylic meter is the first line of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 's poem Evangeline , which is in Dactylic Hexameter : :''This is the / '''for'''est prim- / '''ev'''al. The / '''mur'''muring / '''pines''' and the / '''hem'''locks,'' The first five feet of the line are dactyls; the sixth a Trochee . A modern example is The Beatles song " Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds ": :''Picture your '''self''' in a '''boat''' on a '''riv'''er with'' :''tangerine '''tree'''-ees and '''mar'''malade '''skii'''-ii-es.'' Written in dactylic tetrameter, the song has the rhythm of a Waltz . The word "skies" takes up a full three beats. SEE ALSO |
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