[§ 640]. Dissyllabic measures.—The words týrant and presúme are equally dissyllabic measures; in one, however, the accent falls on the first, in the other on the second syllable. This leads us to a farther division of the English measures.
A measure like presúme (where the accent lies on the second syllable) may be repeated throughout a whole verse, or a whole series of verses; as,
Then fáre thee wéll mine ówn dear lóve;
The wórld has nów for ús
No gréater gríef, no paín abóve,
The páin of párting thús.—Moore.
Here the accent falls on the second syllable of the measure.
A measure like týrant (where the accent lies on the first syllable) may be repeated throughout a whole verse, or a whole series of verses; as,
Héed! O héed, my fátal stóry;