anapest
noun
a foot of three syllables, two short followed by one long in quantitative meter, and two unstressed followed by one stressed in accentual meter, as in for the nonce.
anapestic
-
a word derived from
anapest.
Example Sentences
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“Well done! You are natural-born poets, each and every one of you. Of course, iambic pentameter should not be confused with anapestic tetrameter, as I am sure you already know. Would anyone care to demonstrate?”
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
A poetic foot of three syllables which bears the accent on the third syllable is called an anapestic foot.
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 by Charles Herbert Sylvester
It is the anapestic, like, as Hannah More remarks, "A cobbler there was, and he lived in a stall!"
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 282, November 10, 1827 by Various
Again we find, especially in dactyllic and anapestic lines, a trochee or spondee thrown in to vary the movement.
From Rhymes and Meters A Practical Manual for Versifiers by Horatio Winslow
His viking code, with its swift anapestic rhythm, has a breezy melody which sings in the ear.
From Essays on Scandinavian Literature by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
