Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 6 AIL 0508 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Trochee
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The idea
A trochee reverses the iamb: stressed then unstressed, as in garden or tiger. The glossary has no headword for trochee, so this is the standard sense. Trochaic openings are common even in iambic poems, and a reversed first foot is one of the most frequent variations in English verse.
In practice
Stressed, then unstressed.
Where people slip
The glossary omits this term.
Your place on the trail
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