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Not Iambic

The line is trochaic pentameter. The accent is on the first syllable
of the word. NEver (trochaic) rather than neVER (iambic).

Just a stickler for technical accuracy.

Posted by Kimball One on March 24, 1997 at 17:10:27
 In Reply to "Tragic line" posted by Jason T. Yang on March 24, 1997 at 12:04:30


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