. . . . . .
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.