for a trochee; and
for an amphibrach; and the four lines from Goldsmith may be thus scanned[[72]]:—
| And-fools, who-came to-scoff, remained to-pray. | |
| How-often have-I paused on-every charm, | |
| The-sheltered cot, the culti.vated farm, | |
| The never . failing brook, the-busy mill. |
In every case an upstroke is followed by a horizontal one, i.e. a weak syllable by a strong one, but the general effect is variable, and is easily caught by the eye. This method at once detects a real recurrence of a line cast in precisely the same mould. Thus the line—'For-talking age and-whispering lovers made' is to be scanned:
