Scansion Practice

2. "The Bat" is trochaic tetrameter. Since the iambic foot is the most commonly used rhythm in the English language, it is fitting that this verse contains the opposite type: trochaic foot. It works with the verse because it is about bats who hang upside down; the trochaic foot is a backward, reverse, or “upside down” version of the iambic ... ................
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