I'm no expert on metre, so I had to look to this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dactylic_hexameter
You might find it helpful. It depends what poem the dactylic rhythm is in; on the Wiki it says in a poem about battle the /xx (/ being stressed and x being unstressed) is meant to sound like the horses galloping.
In a more light-hearted poem, it might be used because of it's sing-song nature (DAH-dah-dah DAH-dah-dah reading it out loud makes more sense) in the same way anapaestic metre is.
My knowledge is all very amateur so I'd try and research it some more but I hope I helped a little.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dactylic_hexameter
You might find it helpful. It depends what poem the dactylic rhythm is in; on the Wiki it says in a poem about battle the /xx (/ being stressed and x being unstressed) is meant to sound like the horses galloping.
In a more light-hearted poem, it might be used because of it's sing-song nature (DAH-dah-dah DAH-dah-dah reading it out loud makes more sense) in the same way anapaestic metre is.
My knowledge is all very amateur so I'd try and research it some more but I hope I helped a little.
In some poems it could be seen as unbalanced, so makes the person seem like they are stumbling or teetering on the edge of something?
Just a thought...
Just a thought...
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