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In what way does the first line of "london, 1802" vary from the traditional iambic pattern? the word milton is an iamb the word milton is a dactyl the word milton is a trochee?

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The word milton is a trochee.

A trochee is a metric foot with a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. Milton is pronounced MILton. If Milton was an iamb, it would not vary from the traditional iambic pattern. Milton cannot be a dactyl because a dactyl is three syllables. The first syllable is stressed and is followed by two stressed syllables.

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