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Double Dactyl Poems

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Poem Title	Poet	Categories
Three Double-Dactyls	J P Marmaro	dance, history, humorous, nonsense,
Break My Chains	Pardy Mupfumbu	desire,
Queen of the Dancefloor	Nina Parmenter	dance, fun, funny, humor,
The Ancient Mariner's Fate	Gary Bateman	allegory, allusion, destiny, fate,
King Lear's Voice	Gary Bateman	allegory, betrayal, depression, emotions,
who is stupid	MRi.jagdish bajantri	sympathy, tamil,
Lolita's Conceit	Gary Bateman	allusion, angst, betrayal, child
A Russian Mystic Outre	Gary Bateman	allegory, allusion, crazy, dark,
Mimesis Master	Gary Bateman	allegory, devotion, imagination, inspiration,
Humpty Dumpty	Broccoli Porn	anti bullying, best friend,
Fall of Man	Gary Bateman	allegory, betrayal, god, introspection,
The Oneness of All	Gary Bateman	change, god, introspection, journey,
Anxiety	Shahid S.	anxiety, conflict, confusion, deep,
Sleeping	MRi.jagdish bajantri	beautiful, beauty, dream, morning,
The Demon's Poet	Gary Bateman	allegory, dark, death, destiny,
Finding My Teddy Bear	connie pachecho	beauty, romance,
His New Sweetness	connie pachecho	beauty, flower, love,
Trickster Extraordinaire	Gary Bateman	allegory, fun, hilarious, humorous,
Young Dr Frankenstein	Robyn Campbell	crazy,
A New Day	Kathleen McQuillen	inspiration, leadership, political, religious,
Double Dactyl	Harley White	dream, fairy, fantasy, hero,
Donald the Trumpeter	Amy Wensinger	humor, political,
King Vlad the Greatest	Gary Bateman	betrayal, corruption, discrimination, evil,
Keats - Romantic Humanist	Gary Bateman	allegory, death, destiny, imagery,
Shelley-Romantic Visionary	Gary Bateman	allegory, destiny, imagery, love,
Paracelsus	Gary Bateman	culture, health, history, international,
Goethe's Emissary	Gary Bateman	allegory, dark, destiny, evil,
Roads and Romans	arthur vaso	beauty, history, introspection,
Lord Byron-Genius Unchained	Gary Bateman	allegory, destiny, imagery, love,
Bryant's Necropolis Conceit	Gary Bateman	allegory, death, grave, imagery,
Prufrock's Symbolic World	Gary Bateman	allegory, imagery, introspection, metaphor,
JE SUIS CHARLIE	Nehpets Gnik	anger, angst, freedom,
Yuletide Double Dactyl	Harley White	celebration, christmas, encouraging, happy,
Boast	Ninette Carey	celebrity, character, dedication, howl,
Complexus-Syntaxus-Maximus	Gary Bateman	allegory, confusion, imagery, introspection,
LOVE	lavanya ramamurthi	beautiful, life, love,
FEELING SAD	lavanya ramamurthi	care, life, love, love
A Night Of Passion - A collaboration with Mystic Rose	arthur vaso	beauty, feelings, love,
Colorful Sins	Oumayma Boumhali	absence, cry, muse,
Loneliness	Danesh Morgan	loneliness
Photo memory	Robert Burton	absence
Incomprehensible	David Siegel	humorous,
Fifth time's the charm	David Siegel	humorous,
Scarlett's Lament	Deborah Burch	history, humorous, lost love,
Quest	oladele olaide	education,
Ode to Woodstock	Bas Holzhaus	music, nostalgia,
Abbie	daphne moran	childhood,
free cee GOING FROM SAD TO VERSE	jeffry cohan	angst, me, heart, heart,
free cee ADELAIDE REQUIRED AID	jeffry cohan	angst, me, me, silver,
FREE CEE behind was ahead of me	jeffry cohan	angst, pain,

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Double Dactyl Poems. Examples of Double Dactyls and a list of poems in the correct poetic form and technique. Share and read Double Dactyl poetry while accessing rules, topics, ideas, and a comprehensive literary definition of a Double Dactyl.

Brief Definition

A double dactyl poem type of light verse poetry that was developed and promoted by two famous poets John Hollander and Antony Hecht. This type of poetry comprises of two quatrains, with each comprising of as many as three dactyl lines. The poem also has its unique rhythm scheme and flow of ideas. These are the preceded by the shorter dactyl spondee pair. It's important to note that the two spondees rhyme. More so, the first line must also be a phrase with no meaning, the second line a correct or place name.

Another line, usually the sixth often has a single, double dactyl phrase that has never been used in conventional poems. The final aspect of the poem, which is a double dactyl also has a single six syllable word. The poem comprises of one sentence that contains as many as forty-four syllables that are divided into eight lines. Besides that, the poem also falls into two four-line stanzas.

Double Dactyl Poem Example

Basketball limerick

A basket ball player with bounce
Said, “All my opponents I'll trounce.”
But thanks to a gale
He fell on his tail,
And off in a huff he'd to flounce!