...The English language has not nearly the facility of the German in this respect. The hexameter line consists of six feet, of which the last" is always a spondee, (two long syllables,) the last but one a dactyle, (one long and two short,) and the rest either dactyles...

...because the dactyl is the prevailing foot in them. Dactylic Hexameter, or Heroic. The Dactylic Hexameter consists of six feet, of which the last is always a spondee, the fifth generally a dactyl, and the other four feet either dactyls or spondees. When the fifth foot is a spondee, the line...

...dactylic verse are the Hexameter and Pentameter. a. Hexameter. The Hexameter, called also Heroic verse, is used in narrative and pastoral poetry. It consists of six feet, of which the last is always incomplete (a trochee or spondee), the fifth generally a dactyle, and the rest indifferently dactyles...

...The dactylic hexameter, first adapted from the Greek hy Ennius, became the heroic measure in Latin. It consists of six feet, of which the last is always a spondee, the fifth is generally a dactyl, and any of the first four may be either a dactyl or a spondee. 2. From its sustained...

...the most common of all Greek verses, being the established measure for epic, didactic, and bucolic poetry. It consists of six feet, of which the last is always a spondee.* Each of the others may be at pleasure a dactyl or a spondee, but the dactyl prevails ; especially in...

...the most common of all Greek verses, being the established measure for epic, didactic, and bucolic poetry. It consists of six feet, of which the last is always a spondee.* Each of the others may be at pleasure a dactyl or a spondee, but the dactyl prevails; especially in...

...the most common of all Greek verses, being the established measure for epic, didactic, and bucolic poetry. It consists of six feet, of which the last is always a spondee.* Bach of the others may be at pleasure a dactyl or a spondee, but the dactyl prevails; especially in...