. . . . . .

Arcos ni aljàba

Llèna de flèchas.

Here, verses 2 and 4 are typical iambic pentasyllables, 1 and 3 have only the requisite accent on the fourth syllable, 5 and 6 are dactylic.

Dactylic verses.—There are examples of a dactylic hendecasyllable; Iriarte:

Cièrta criàda la càsa barría.

The dactylic octosyllable accents the first, fourth and seventh syllables:

Vuèlve la pàz á los hòmbres.

The trochaic octosyllable with the necessary accent of the seventh syllable often becomes dactylic; Meléndez:

Tòdo os adòra en silèncio.