Comment on their prosodic features:
One more unfortunate
Weary of breath
Rashly importunate
Gone to her death.
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One more unfortunate weary of breath
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Rashly importunate, going to her death
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(The given passage uses two dactylic foot in each line and a catalectic where one or more syllables are missing in the final foot.
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Rashly importunate, going to her death
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(The given passage uses two dactylic foot in each line and a catalectic where one or more syllables are missing in the final foot.
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These lines are by Thomas Hood from 'The Bridge of Sighs' (1844)
The other lines are 'Fashioned so slenderly/Young and so fair!
The other lines are 'Fashioned so slenderly/Young and so fair!
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