Bacchius
# Bacchius

A bacchius (/bəˈkaɪəs/) is a metrical foot used in poetry.

In accentual-syllabic verse we could describe a bacchius as a foot that goes like this:

| da | DUM | DUM |
| - | - | - |

Example:

When day breaks

the fish bite

at small flies.

The Christmas carol 'No Small Wonder' by Paul Edwards is a fair example of usage.

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