A grammar of the English language :

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p. 121

Thus the last line is technically called trochaic tetrameter catalectic (= 4 a 2--). 19. It frequently happens in English verse, that the verse accent contradicts the sense emphasis.

p. 122

Trochaic Trimeter Trochaic Tetrameter Trochaic Pentameter Trochaic Octometer • Anapæstic Dimeter Anapæstic Trimeter Anapæstic Tetrameter.