Each line in this form ends with an anceps, which can be either a spondee or a trochee.
Each line in this form ends with an anceps, which can be either a spondee or a trochee. Except for the fifth foot, which is almost always the namesake type, any foot in this scheme can be replaced by a spondee; but normally, each foot begins with a thesis of one long syllable and is followed by an arsis of two short syllables. Because of its "marching" quality, this is the meter of mainstream epics. FTP, identify this meter used in such poems as Evangeline, the Iliad and Odyssey, and the Aeneid.
Each line in this form ends with an anceps, which can be either a spondee or a trochee.
dactylic hexameter [prompt on partial answer]