Dactylic

(Pronounced dak-till-ick)

A dactylic foot has a long syllable followed by two short syllables.

Dactylic – LSS

Duck a tile (dactylic) or end up on a Life Support System.

Example words include:

Long   Short   Short

Alph       a         bet    (alphabet

 

Long   Short   Short

Bi          cyc        le      (bicycle)

 

Long   Short  Short

Mer       ril          y       (merrily)

 

Long   Short   Short

Care     full         y        (carefully)

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