eighth
,
tenth
, and
twelfth
, if the lines run to that length. The following verse of ten syllables may serve for an example:
The mónarch spóke, and stráit a múrmur róse.
But
English
poetry allows of frequent variations from this rule, especially in the first and second syllables in the line, as in the verse which rhymes with the former, where the accent is laid upon the first syllable.