Talk:Trochee

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It would perhaps be easier on those who do not posses English as a first language if the verses on this page were written with a format similar to the article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iamb where unstressed syllables are not bold and stressed syllables are written in bold, so as to get a clearer idea of the flow of sound in a trochee.

Succubusisis 03:22, 16 April 2007 (UTC)Succubusisis

I agree. I've made what I see to be the necessary changes. Does that help?

Blowery 15:40, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A Docked Syllable

I hate to be pedantic, but isn't it more accurate to say that trochaic lines often have the final unstressed syllable ommitted, rather than an extra stressed one added? Just a thought. Blowery 15:12, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Example from "The Raven"

Another thing, placing the excerpt of "The Raven" w/o attribution right after the references to the Song of Hiawatha is very confusing. Plus, I don't think "The Raven" is a "perfect" (whatever that means) example of the use of trochees. I believe that "The Raven" is a fine example of trochaic octameter, so maybe moving the excerpt to the end of the article & adding a reference to the article on trochaic octameter would make things clearer. Mlaude123 (talk) 05:31, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] "Substitutions"?

On what basis are "and tra-" and "with the" (Song of Hiawatha) classed as pyrric substitutions, while "-on the" (The Raven) is classed as a trochee?--72.225.250.121 (talk) 21:00, 4 January 2008 (UTC)