Vocabulary: Prosody Forms
Concepts: Double dactyl
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Double dactyl

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English	preferred label	Double dactyl	Published
English	definition	a modern form of light verse consisting of two quatrains with two dactyls per line. The first line is a hyphenated nonsense word, often "higgledy-piggledy," the second line is a proper name, and the sixth line is a single double dactyl word. The fourth and eighth lines are truncated, lacking the final two unaccented syllables, and rhyme with each other	Published
English	has broader	Light verse	Published
English	related to	Dactylic	Published

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