dactyl

Example Sentences

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Many Loserbards noted that “epithalamium” has that ONE-two-three, TWO-two-three meter — a double dactyl; this week’s Inkin’ Memorial winner is the best of them, in its knitted-highbrow/lowbrow glory.

From Washington Post • Jul. 16, 2015

There's a lovely contrast between the skippety dactyl of "Merry mites" and the surprising, ceremonious spondee, "Welcome".

From The Guardian • Mar. 29, 2010

The double dactyl is a form invented by writers Anthony Hecht and Paul Pascal on a whim over lunch in Rome in 1951.

From Washington Post

Thereafter comes a famous name�also double dac tylic�followed by another double dactyl and a line of four beats.

From Time Magazine Archive

The dactyl lifted one clawed foot then the other, its nails scratching nasty gashes into the surface of Weed’s once fancy desk, and squawked.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older