<p>How trochaic words overlap iambic feet.  Loose onsets, strict endings.  "Brought death inTO the world"?  Or "Brought death INto the world"?  Or both? "After great pain a formal feeling comes."</p>

How trochaic words overlap iambic feet. Loose onsets, strict endings. "Brought death inTO the world"? Or "Brought death INto the world"? Or both? "After great pain a formal feeling comes."

<p>How trochaic words overlap iambic feet.&nbsp; Loose onsets, strict endings.&nbsp; "Brought death inTO the world"?&nbsp; Or "Brought death INto the world"?&nbsp; Or both? "After great pain a formal feeling comes."</p>

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