noun
- verses or poetry written in dactylic meter, consisting of stressed syllables followed by two unstressed syllables
Usage: literary; prosody
Examples
- The professor assigned us to read several examples of dactylics from ancient Greek poetry.
- Homer’s epic poems are famous examples of dactylics in classical literature.
- She struggled to write dactylics because the rhythm pattern was difficult to maintain.
- The poetry workshop focused on traditional forms including dactylics and iambic pentameter.
- Students learned to identify dactylics by counting the stressed and unstressed syllables.
- The anthology contained both dactylics and other metrical forms from various time periods.