amphibrachic
- a word derived from amphibrach.
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They have the following values: Dactylic, 10.25; amphibrachic, 12.84; anapæstic, 12.45.
From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Münsterberg, Hugo
The amphibrachic measure begins weakly and ends strongly, and thus approximates, we may say, to the iambic type.
From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Münsterberg, Hugo
Ten lines out of twenty-four are distinctly amphibrachic, as "To Duncan | no morrow."
From The Lady of the Lake by Scott, Walter, Sir
So that it seems best to treat the rest as amphibrachic, with a superfluous unaccented syllable at the beginning of the line.
From The Lady of the Lake by Scott, Walter, Sir
In the amphibrachic form the average again shows three degrees of intensity, three out of four subjects conforming to the same type, while the fourth reverses the relative values of the first and third intervals.
From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Münsterberg, Hugo
