MEASURE III.—DACTYLIC OF SIX FEET, OR HEXAMETER.
Example I.—Time in Motion.
Time, thou art | ever in | motion, on | wheels of the
| days, years, and | ages;
Restless as | waves of the | ocean, when | Eurus or | Boreas | rages.
Example II.—Where, is Grand-Pré?
"This is the | forest pri | -meval; but | where are the | hearts that be
| -neath it
Leap'd like the | roe, when he | hears in the | woodland the
| voice of the | huntsman?
Where is the | thatch-rooféd | village, the | home of A | -cadian
| farmers?"
H. W. LONGFELLOW: Evangeline, Part i, l. 7—9.
MEASURE IV.—DACTYLIC OF FIVE FEET, OR PENTAMETER.
Example.—Salutation to America.
"Land of the | beautiful, | beautiful, | land of the | free,
Land of the | negro-slave, | negro-slave, | land of the | chivalry,
Often my | heart had turned, | heart had turned, | longing to | thee;
Often had | mountain-side, | mountain-side, | broad lake, and | stream,
Gleamed on my | waking thought, | waking thought, | crowded my | dream.
Now thou dost | welcome me, | welcome me, | from the dark | sea,
Land of the | beautiful, | beautiful, | land of the | free,
Land of the | negro-slave, | negro-slave, | land of the | chivalry."
MEASURE V.—DACTYLIC OF FOUR FEET, OR TETRAMETER.
Example 1—The Soldier's Wife.