Mighty Meteroid

[Leah S.]

Leah,

I think my fave stanza was S3. I only had two problem with it, but only one I'll mention since this is in the fun section.

Anapest (anapaest) is called the "antidactylus" as it is the reverse of dactyl. If anything could be said to form a paradox with dactyl it seems it would be anapest rather than trochee, which is the opposite of iambic. I am referring to the following lines from S5.

"Totally ugly, a Warteous Dactyl walks
Right beside the Spiky Trochee,
Though together they’re a paradox,
One’s the other’s friend in theory."

In S4 I'm sure you are clever enough to find a way to replace "Anapest" with "trochee".

Anyway, just curious about your pair-up of dactyl and trochee.

Dale

Well Dale, my idea was that they are a completely mismatched pair that one would not normally put together in a poem, since they have an odd number and size of 'feet' between them, but they are alike in that the first syllable is accented, making them 'friends,' albeit only in theory. I also wanted the accolade of rhyming 'paradox' with 'walks.' All in fun, Leah.