| But that would be Riise, Heitin, GaHan, Geland, Reither and then 'GaHan' would be a spondee too and the whole thing would collapse. |
| But in all the feet except the fifth, a spondee may take the place of the dactyl. |
| After all, metres like the spondee, ♩♩, and the dispondee, ♩♩♩♩, need an accent on the first beat to keep their identity. |
| The lost syllable of each dipody may be doubtful, which explains why the last foot of each dipody may be a spondee. |
| Again we find, especially in dactyllic and anapestic lines, a trochee or spondee thrown in to vary the movement. |
| Although not one line of iambic hexameter appears, lines sometimes begin with a trochee or spondee or two, drift gently toward an iambic norm, and then depart from it. |
