Flippety Flappety
Big flyin’ reptiles
Once dominated
The skies over Earth
Paleontologists
Dig up the fossils and
Museum curators
Give ‘em a berth!
A dactyl (DACK-till) is a type of “foot” in poetic meter, composed of a long (stressed) syllable followed by two short ones. A more famous example of dactyl poetry than my silly ones above are Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, although they were written in Greek, so translations may not have this rhythm.
Robert Browning's poem “The Lost Leader” uses the dactylic rhythm to great effect:
- Just for a handful of silver he left us
- Just for a riband to stick in his coat
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