diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index 44e6d88..c40683b 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export default function App() {
 
   const [settings, setSettings] = useState(PresetOptions);
 
+  console.log(settings);
   return (
     <div className="app">
       <Toolbar
diff --git a/src/components/ScanModule.tsx b/src/components/ScanModule.tsx
index 9b7fdd0..3c60088 100644
--- a/src/components/ScanModule.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ScanModule.tsx
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import { ScannedLine } from "./ScannedLine";
 import { scanLine, ScanParagraph } from "../scan";
 import { PresetOptions } from "../utils";
 
-export let ScanModule = ({ inputDisplayed }) => {
+export let ScanModule = ({ inputDisplayed, settings }) => {
   let [text, setText] = useState("");
-  let lines = ScanParagraph(text, PresetOptions);
+  let lines = ScanParagraph(text, settings);
 
   let other = inputDisplayed === "in" ? "out" : "in";
 
diff --git a/src/components/Toolbar.tsx b/src/components/Toolbar.tsx
index 4380251..9c55617 100644
--- a/src/components/Toolbar.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Toolbar.tsx
@@ -40,9 +40,16 @@ function SettingsButton({ settings, setSettings }) {
   function toggleOpen() {
     setOpen(!open);
   }
+  function toggleFirst() {
+    setSettings({
+      ...settings,
+      first: settings.first === "Hexameter" ? "Pentameter" : "Hexameter",
+    });
+  }
+
   let meters = ["Hexameter", "Pentameter", "Elegaic"];
   return (
-    <div>
+    <div className="meterButton">
       <p className="toolbarButton" onClick={toggleOpen}>
         {settings.meter}
       </p>
@@ -52,6 +59,7 @@ function SettingsButton({ settings, setSettings }) {
             {meters.map((each) => {
               return (
                 <p
+                  key={each}
                   className="toolbarButton"
                   onClick={() => {
                     setSettings({
@@ -68,6 +76,11 @@ function SettingsButton({ settings, setSettings }) {
           </ul>
         </div>
       )}
+      {settings.meter === "Elegaic" && (
+        <button className="toolbarButton" onClick={toggleFirst}>
+          {settings.first} 1st
+        </button>
+      )}
     </div>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/index.sass b/src/index.sass
index 8149454..a7ed050 100644
--- a/src/index.sass
+++ b/src/index.sass
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ ul
 .toolbarButton:active 
   background-color: #1a1a1a
 
+.meterButton
+  display: flex
+  flex-direction: row
+
 .meterOptions 
   position: absolute
   max-width: 25%
@@ -158,10 +162,11 @@ ul
 .line 
   font-size: var(--fontSize)
   min-height: 2em
-  padding: 0 10px
+  padding: 10px
   margin: 0
   display: flex
   flex-direction: column
+  border-bottom: black solid 1px
 
 
 .lineSelection 
diff --git a/src/scan.ts b/src/scan.ts
index 1daac22..fd02891 100644
--- a/src/scan.ts
+++ b/src/scan.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 //scan.ts
 import type {
   metaLine,
+  meter,
   quantity,
   scannedLineType,
   setting,
@@ -27,13 +28,27 @@ import expressions, {
 export let ScanParagraph = (text: string, settings: setting) => {
   let lines = text.split("\n");
   let done: scannedLineType[] = [];
-  for (let line of lines) {
-    done.push(scanLine(line, settings));
+
+  if (settings.meter === "Elegaic") {
+    let currentMeter = settings.first;
+    for (let line of lines) {
+      if (line !== "") {
+        done.push(scanLine(line, currentMeter));
+        currentMeter =
+          currentMeter === "Hexameter" ? "Pentameter" : "Hexameter";
+      }
+    }
+  } else {
+    for (let line of lines) {
+      if (line !== "") {
+        done.push(scanLine(line, settings.meter));
+      }
+    }
   }
   return done;
 };
 
-export let scanLine = (line: string, settings: setting): scannedLineType => {
+export let scanLine = (line: string, meter: meter): scannedLineType => {
   let output: scannedLineType = { line: line, raws: [], full: [] }; //initialize output object
 
   let meta: metaLine = undress(line);
@@ -44,10 +59,10 @@ export let scanLine = (line: string, settings: setting): scannedLineType => {
   }
   output.raws = dressedRaws;
 
-  //  now we would switch on settings.meter
+  //  now we would switch on the meter
   let toDress: sylMap[][] = [];
-  switch (settings.meter) {
-    case "hexameter":
+  switch (meter) {
+    case "Hexameter":
       for (let each of raws) {
         let quantityScans = hexScan(each);
         let pos = Object.keys(each).map((elt) => {
@@ -58,6 +73,19 @@ export let scanLine = (line: string, settings: setting): scannedLineType => {
         });
         toDress.push(scans);
       }
+      break;
+    case "Pentameter":
+      for (let each of raws) {
+        let quantityScans = penScan(each);
+        let pos = Object.keys(each).map((elt) => {
+          return parseInt(elt);
+        });
+        let scans = quantityScans.map((elt) => {
+          return marryUp(elt, pos);
+        });
+        toDress.push(scans);
+      }
+      break;
   }
 
   let done: string[][] = toDress.map((rawGroup) => {
@@ -215,6 +243,95 @@ export let postScan = (meta: metaLine, markings: sylMap): string => {
   return line.join("");
 };
 
+/** function that takes a list of permutator outputs (4 binary arrays) and returns a list of complete quantity descriptions; 1 for each arr in the input.
+ *
+ * @param { number[][] } arr
+ * @returns { quantity[][] }
+ */
+export function arrToQuantity(arr: number[][], meter: meter): quantity[][] {
+  let output: quantity[][] = [];
+  for (let each of arr) {
+    let temp = each.map((el) => {
+      //first we map each 0 or 1 to an array of quantities.
+      return el === 0 //if the element is 0, then the foot is long
+        ? (["long", "long", "break"] as quantity[]) //so insert the long foot template
+        : (["long", "short", "short", "break"] as quantity[]); //else, insert the short foot template
+    });
+
+    //we have now an array of quantity arrays; (quantity[][])
+    switch (meter) {
+      case "Hexameter":
+        temp.push([
+          "long",
+          "short",
+          "short",
+          "break",
+          "long",
+          "undefined",
+        ] as quantity[]);
+        break;
+      case "Pentameter":
+        temp.push([
+          "long",
+          "break",
+          "long",
+          "short",
+          "short",
+          "break",
+          "long",
+          "short",
+          "short",
+          "break",
+          "long",
+        ]);
+        break;
+    }
+
+    //we then flatten this by concatenating all the inner lists
+    //resulting in a quant[]
+    let temp2 = temp.reduce((acc, val) => {
+      return acc.concat(val);
+    });
+
+    output.push(temp2); //push this to the list of meters
+  }
+  return output;
+}
+
+/** utility function that marries up a list of quantities with a list of positions into a record/dictionary
+ *
+ * @param { quantity[] } quants
+ * @param { number [] } positions
+ * @returns { sylMap }
+ */
+export function marryUp(quants: quantity[], positions: number[]): sylMap {
+  let output: sylMap = {};
+  let breaks = 0;
+  for (let i = 0; i < quants.length; i++) {
+    let curQuant = quants[i];
+    let curPos: number;
+    if (curQuant === "break") {
+      breaks++;
+      curPos = positions[i - breaks] + 1;
+    } else {
+      curPos = positions[i - breaks];
+    }
+    output[curPos] = curQuant;
+  }
+  return output;
+}
+
+export let insertPunctuation = (
+  line: string[],
+  markup: Record<number, string>
+): string[] => {
+  let positions = Object.keys(markup).map((el) => parseInt(el));
+  for (let each of positions) {
+    line.splice(each, 0, markup[each]);
+  }
+  return line;
+};
+
 /**
  * hexScan matches the possible scans to the known quantities
  * returns an array of objects
@@ -267,7 +384,7 @@ export let hexScan = (map: sylMap): quantity[][] => {
     return meters;
   }
 
-  meters = arrToQuantity(generateHexCombos(dactyls));
+  meters = arrToQuantity(generateHexCombos(dactyls), "Hexameter");
   //create a copy of the meters without breaks
   let clone = meters.map((each) => {
     return each.filter((elt) => {
@@ -293,72 +410,58 @@ export let hexScan = (map: sylMap): quantity[][] => {
   return meters;
 };
 
-/** function that takes a list of permutator outputs (4 binary arrays) and returns a list of complete quantity descriptions; 1 for each arr in the input.
- *
- * @param { number[][] } arr
- * @returns { quantity[][] }
- */
-export function arrToQuantity(arr: number[][]): quantity[][] {
-  let output: quantity[][] = [];
-  for (let each of arr) {
-    let temp = each.map((el) => {
-      //first we map each 0 or 1 to an array of quantities.
-      return el === 0 //if the element is 0, then the foot is long
-        ? (["long", "long", "break"] as quantity[]) //so insert the long foot template
-        : (["long", "short", "short", "break"] as quantity[]); //else, insert the short foot template
-    });
-
-    //we have now an array of quantity arrays; (quantity[][])
-    temp.push([
-      "long",
-      "short",
-      "short",
-      "break",
-      "long",
-      "undefined",
-    ] as quantity[]);
+export let penScan = (map: sylMap): quantity[][] => {
+  function generatePenCombos(dactyls: number): number[][] {
+    switch (dactyls) {
+      case 0:
+        return [[0, 0]];
+      case 1:
+        return [
+          [0, 1],
+          [1, 0],
+        ];
+      case 2:
+        return [[1, 1]];
+    }
+    return [[0, 0]]; //the default case is to assume 0 dactyls
+  }
+  let quantValues = Object.values(map); //extract quantities array
+  let meters: quantity[][] = [];
 
-    //we then flatten this by concatenating all the inner lists
-    //resulting in a quant[]
-    let temp2 = temp.reduce((acc, val) => {
-      return acc.concat(val);
-    });
+  //now, calculate the number of spondaic syllables
+  let vowels = quantValues.length;
+  let dactyls = vowels - 12;
 
-    output.push(temp2); //push this to the list of meters
+  //handle line too long or short cases
+  if (dactyls > 2) {
+    console.log("too long!");
+    return meters;
+  } else if (dactyls < 0) {
+    console.log("too short!");
+    return meters;
   }
-  return output;
-}
 
-/** utility function that marries up a list of quantities with a list of positions into a record/dictionary
- *
- * @param { quantity[] } quants
- * @param { number [] } positions
- * @returns { sylMap }
- */
-export function marryUp(quants: quantity[], positions: number[]): sylMap {
-  let output: sylMap = {};
-  let breaks = 0;
-  for (let i = 0; i < quants.length; i++) {
-    let curQuant = quants[i];
-    let curPos: number;
-    if (curQuant === "break") {
-      breaks++;
-      curPos = positions[i - breaks] + 1;
-    } else {
-      curPos = positions[i - breaks];
+  meters = arrToQuantity(generatePenCombos(dactyls), "Pentameter");
+  //create a copy of the meters without breaks
+  let clone = meters.map((each) => {
+    return each.filter((elt) => {
+      return elt !== "break";
+    });
+  });
+  let curQuant: quantity;
+  for (let vowelCounter = 0; vowelCounter < vowels; vowelCounter++) {
+    curQuant = quantValues[vowelCounter];
+    if (curQuant !== "undefined") {
+      for (let meterCounter = 0; meterCounter < meters.length; meterCounter++) {
+        if (clone[meterCounter][vowelCounter] === "undefined") {
+          // do nothing.
+        } else if (clone[meterCounter][vowelCounter] !== curQuant) {
+          clone.splice(meterCounter, 1);
+          meters.splice(meterCounter, 1);
+          meterCounter--;
+        }
+      }
     }
-    output[curPos] = curQuant;
-  }
-  return output;
-}
-
-export let insertPunctuation = (
-  line: string[],
-  markup: Record<number, string>
-): string[] => {
-  let positions = Object.keys(markup).map((el) => parseInt(el));
-  for (let each of positions) {
-    line.splice(each, 0, markup[each]);
   }
-  return line;
+  return meters;
 };
diff --git a/src/scanTypes.ts b/src/scanTypes.ts
index 7719d56..16032b3 100644
--- a/src/scanTypes.ts
+++ b/src/scanTypes.ts
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ export type metaLine = {
 export type sylMap = Record<number, quantity>;
 export type generalRecord = Record<number, string>;
 
-export type meter = "hexameter" | "pentameter" | "elegaic";
+export type meter = "Hexameter" | "Pentameter" | "Elegaic";
 
 export type setting = {
   meter: meter;
+  first: meter;
 };
 
 export type strictQuant = "long" | "short";
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 20f2194..f5bbbc1 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { vowel, quantity, strictQuant, setting } from "./scanTypes";
 
-export let PresetOptions: setting = { meter: "hexameter" };
+export let PresetOptions: setting = { meter: "Hexameter", first: "Hexameter" };
 
 //regex expressions for constants to do with latin lanaguge
 export default {