Dactylic pentameter is a form of
meter in poetry. It is normally found the second line of the classical Latin or Greek
elegiac couplet, following the first line of
dactylic hexameter.The meter consists of two halves, both shaped around the dactylic hexameter line up to the main
caesura. That is, it has two
dactyls (for which
spondees can be substituted), following by a
longum, followed by two dactyls (which must remain dactyls), followed by a longum. Thus the line most normally looks as follows (note that - is a long syllable, u a short syllable and U either one long or two shorts):- U | - U | - || - u u | - u u | -
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