Lines With Non-standard Stresses
Bridges examines the inversion of each of the five feet.
- the first foot is commonly inverted to give freshness to the rhythm
- the second foot is rarely inverted
- the inversion of the third foot is fairly common
- the inversion of the fourth foot is fairly common
- the inversion of the fifth foot is very rare, and considered by some to be impossible; Bridges cites two clear examples
Read more about this topic: Bridges' Analysis Of Paradise Lost
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