In what way does the first line of "london, 1802" vary from the traditional iambic pattern? the word milton is an iamb the word

Question

Setler79 [48]

3 years ago

9

In what way does the first line of "london, 1802" vary from the traditional iambic pattern? the word milton is an iamb the word

milton is a dactyl the word milton is a trochee?

English

1 answer:

Tresset [83] · Answer 1 · 2022-02-14T20:57:32+03:00

The word milton is a trochee.

A trochee is a metric foot with a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. Milton is pronounced MILton. If Milton was an iamb, it would not vary from the traditional iambic pattern. Milton cannot be a dactyl because a dactyl is three syllables. The first syllable is stressed and is followed by two stressed syllables.