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Dactylic   Listen
noun
Dactylic  n.  
1.
A line consisting chiefly or wholly of dactyls; as, these lines are dactylics.
2.
pl. Dactylic meters.






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"Dactylic" Quotes from Famous Books



... Scott's style, and his circumstantial descriptions, bore much resemblance to those of Homer and that the rapid flow of Scott's verse was happily accommodated to the swift succession of events, and fiery impetuosity of the Iliad; corresponding with the dactylic hexameter of the old poet. These hints induced the author to ...
— Gustavus Vasa - and other poems • W. S. Walker



Words linked to "Dactylic" :   dactyl, prosody, metrics



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