Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Metre (poetry)" in English language version.
Dactyl is one long two short syllables from dactyl, meaning "finger" (Greek: daktylos).
metre is determined by the type of foot and the number of feet in a line. Thus, a line with three iambic feet is known as iambic trimeter. A line with six dactylic feet is known as dactylic hexameter.
