09-30-2013, 06:48 AM
(09-30-2013, 06:35 AM)Leanne Wrote: I scan it differently, milo -- that's the trouble with scansion I suppose, it's not an exact science.I can't even say it as a spondee if I tried. As a fact I just did try ten times in a row.
I COULD becomes a spondee for me. (That's two equally stressed syllables, Jen)
I COULD deVOUR your CINnamon SKIN -- tiny difference -- but my alternative is to demote "could", the stress is always on the "I" for me.

