But the system of prosody in Samson plainly forbids extrametrical syllables in the midst of the line, and there is certainly no other example.

to strike a match

Darren: Yeah. They can. Shaun: What do they say? Darren: You know what they say. Shaun: What, lanky four-eyed twat? Darren: Yeah. Shaun: Weirdo goggle-eyed gimp? Darren: Sometimes. Shaun: Frankenstein's albino gonk? Darren: I've never heard that one. Shaun: It's so easy to have a go at a bloke who looks like you, you're just easy pickings, and it's... [trails off and shakes his head] Darren: Sheepshagger they've said sometimes as well. Shaun: I thought sheepshagger was Welsh. Darren: No, it can be Bristol as well. Shaun: I thought Bristol was inbreeding. Darren: Sheepshagging, inbreeding, slavery... we're famous for loads of stuff down there. Shaun: Oh, all right.

“I don't see the hang of so much talky-talky,” broke in Uncle Sam. “We've heard all that can be said about things, […]