1. The first four feet are normally dactyls, but can be spondees . 2. The sixth foot is either a spondee or a trochee. 3. The Judes were accompanied on their Australian tour by Newcastle acoustic duo, Dactyl Spondee . 4. The final foot is a spondee . 5. Within his measure, Keats incorporates spondees in approximately 13.9 % of his verses. 6. In classical meter spondees are easily identified because the distinction between long and short syllables is unambiguous. 7. This line is nearly all dactyls except for the spondee at "-lata e ". 8. Spondees can take the place of the dactyls in the first half, but never in the second.9. This term suggests a line of six dactyls, but a spondee can be substituted in most positions. 10. Silius'metrics and language can be closely compared to Virgilian usage, especially his use of spondees .
