The lure of trochaic tetrameter

A commercial for Cyvita is currently going the rounds. It promises Longer, stronger, and more frequent erections It begins with two rhyming trochees (SW SW), then branches out into two more complex feet, trochaic in feel but with leading weak (extrametrical) syllables ( ( WW ) SW and ( W ) SW). Trochees are everywhere … Continue reading The lure of trochaic tetrameter