At least, I have found him perched at the tip of a tall pine, and repeating this inconsiderable and not very melodious trochee with all earnestness and perseverance.
"Birds in the Bush"
Bradford Torrey
The trochee seems in general to indicate an outpouring of emotion or sudden burst of feeling too strong for control.
"Browning and the Dramatic Monologue"
S. S. Curry
The iambic can express passion controlled for an end, the trochee seems rather to float with the passion or be thrust forward by waves or bursts of feeling, which the will is trying to hold back.
"Browning and the Dramatic Monologue"
S. S. Curry