Bacchius
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A bacchius (/bəˈkaɪəs/) is a metrical foot used in poetry.
In accentual-syllabic verse we could describe a bacchius as a foot that goes like this:
da | DUM | DUM |
Example:
When day breaks
the fish bite
at small flies.
The Christmas carol 'No Small Wonder' by Paul Edwards is a fair example of usage.
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