Haíl to theé blithe spírit!
Bírd thou néver wért,
Thát from heáven or neár it
Poúrest thý full heárt....
Shelley.
Anapestic:
I am mónarch of áll I survéy;
My ríght there is nóne to dispúte;
From the céntre all roúnd to the seá
I am lórd of the fówl and the brúte.
Cowper.
Dactyllic:
Thís is a spráy the bird clúng to,
Máking it blóssom with pleásure,
Ère the high treé-tops she sprúng to,
Fít for her nést and her treásure.[10]
Browning.
Four-Stress Lines (Tetrameter)
Iambic:
Examples: Byron, The Prisoner of Chillon; Scott, The Lady of the Lake; Milton, Il pensieroso.
We coúld not móve a síngle páce,
We coúld not seé each óther's fáce
But wíth that pále and lívid líght
They máde us strángers ín our síght....
Byron.
Trochaic: