| Dactylic metres are fairly rare in English verse, one difficulty being that the prolonged use of the dactyl tends to distort normal word accent, giving the lines a jerky movement. |
| This foot, which is the opposite of the dactyl, is known as the anapest. |
| This done and you have discovered the Vernal Equinox, or Spring, and without spilling a dactyl. |
| But in all the feet except the fifth, a spondee may take the place of the dactyl. |
| Researchers now report what makes these appendages, called dactyl clubs, so powerful. |
| Pain is always by the side of joy, the spondee by the dactyl. |
