: Re: Using two-syllable words Is it ever okay to use two-syllable words as unstressed in a rhyme or poem? e.g. In this sentence using "pigeon" as two unstressed syllables: The śmall pigeon rán

@Berryessa137

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I don't hear "pigeon" as two unstressed syllables. I hear it as a trochee. So I would scan this line like this:

the SMALL / PI-geon / RAN to the / EDGE of the / FOR-est

So a rising foot at the start but four falling feet after that: iamb. trochee, dactyl, dactyl, trochee.

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