Double Dactyl

‘Higgledy Piggeldy’

Morphologically

higgledy piggeldys,

double dactyllical

rhythms rehearse.

Dactyllic lyrical,

tongue twisting higgledy

hexasyllablically

piggledy verse.

Rules for a double dactyl are -

Two four line stanzas,

Last lines of each stanza must rhyme.

All lines are double dactyl rhythm,

except for the last lines which are

dactyl plus one = four syllables.

First line is usually a jingle,

typically “higgledy piggledy”,

second line is the subject,

usually a name.

The second stanza must contain

a word of six syllables.

Knock yourself out!

Plenty more original Double dactyls on this site!

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Terror Dactyl

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World in a Bottle : Part One

Ghost Fishing

Martyrdom

Sin of the Gaps

Body Jockeys

Dualism (a poem)

Heretical Monism

Conversion of Saul

Damaged Goods

Enjoy them all!