Double dactyl¶
double_dactyl · form · validated
Two quatrains of dactylic lines opening on a nonsense phrase, naming a person in the second line, one line being a single double-dactylic word.
Provenance¶
- Source: Anthony Hecht and Paul Pascal, Jiggery-Pokery (1966)
- Attribution:
primary— a named author, work and year this catalogue stands behind - Checkability:
self— decidable from the text and its parameters alone - Attested:
author-stated— the originator set this rule down
Details¶
- Kind: restrictive
- Languages: en
- Requires:
tokens,stress,syllables.heuristic - Deterministic: yes
- Also known as: higgledy-piggledy
Notes¶
Only the metre and the single double-dactylic word are checked. That line one is a nonsense phrase is a lexicon question this row does not declare; that line two names a person needs an entity recogniser this project does not have; and the rhyme between lines four and eight is not checked because this definition does not mention it, though the metre already pulls stress in regardless.
Prompt hint¶
Open on a nonsense phrase, name someone in line two, and spend one whole line on one long word.
Examples¶
constructed-satisfying-stanza¶
en — this text satisfies the procedure.
murmuring beautiful
beautiful murmuring
wonderful carefully
carefully song
vulnerability
murmuring beautiful
beautiful murmuring
wonderful stone
Source: constructed example; the second quatrain's opening line is a single double-dactylic word, vulnerability, verified against CMUdict to fit the metre through its free first syllable.
nonsense-refrain-without-a-double-dactylic-word¶
en — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
higgledy piggledy
higgledy piggledy
higgledy piggledy
carefully song
higgledy piggledy
higgledy piggledy
higgledy piggledy
carefully song
Source: constructed counterexample; the metre scans throughout but no line of the second quatrain is a single six-syllable word.
empty-text-is-not-vacuous¶
en — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
Source: constructed counterexample
gefuegte-strophe¶
de — this text satisfies the procedure.
Wald Wald Wald Wald Wald Wald
Wald Wald Wald Wald Wald Wald
Ostermond Ostermond
Wald Wald Wald Wald
Inselbewohnerin
Abakus Abakus
Abakus Abakus
Lexikon Gold
Source: constructed example; the second quatrain opens on Inselbewohnerin, one word carrying both dactyls