Did one cause the other? Did the other cause the one?
I’m not 100% sure I grok the meter, but I think this lines reads better in the new scansion if it’s “Did one thing cause the other? Or the other cause the one?”
(fake edit: oh, I parsed the syllable emphasis wrong the first thing. For some reason it felt like “did” wasn’t the downbeat syllable, so I started counting/feeling at “one”)
I’m not 100% sure I grok the meter, but I think this lines reads better in the new scansion if it’s “Did one thing cause the other? Or the other cause the one?”
(fake edit: oh, I parsed the syllable emphasis wrong the first thing. For some reason it felt like “did” wasn’t the downbeat syllable, so I started counting/feeling at “one”)