being called an iambic foot.
[§ 102]. As the use of dots, as above, is rather confusing, we might employ the usual bars instead; assigning to them natural instead of artificial positions. But it will be better, under the circumstances, to employ special types. I shall use
to denote a strong syllable, and
to denote a half-strong syllable. Then, if the weak syllable be denoted by a thin up-stroke or down-stroke, we have
to denote an iamb;
