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18 6 ORTHOMETRY.
given to the second syllable of each. Two spondees often occur together, and occasionally as many as three or four.
![]() (iv) Trisyllabic feet are also frequently used for iambic, especially
![]() same rhythmic run from weak to strong ; the utmost limit of such substitution is three to five.
(v) An additional unaccented syllable is frequently found at the end of a verse, and occasionally a twelfth syllable is added, but there must be no sixth accent. This liberty is mostly confined to dramatic verse.
The canons here concisely laid down have been carefully deduced from the usage of our best poets, and are in agreement with the views of the most recent authorities on our versification. Mr. Ellis says,* M The number of syllables may therefore be greater than ten, and the accents may be, and generally are, less than five. If there be accent at the end of the third and fifth group, or at the end of the second and fourth, other accents maybe distributed almost at pleasure." Dr. Abbottf states that about one
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