anapestic
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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
His viking code, with its swift anapestic rhythm, has a breezy melody which sings in the ear.
From Essays on Scandinavian Literature by Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth
There is evident a tendency toward the ‘rising verse’ and the anapestic foot.
From The Translations of Beowulf A Critical Bibliography by Tinker, Chauncey Brewster
Feminine Ending, an extra unstressed syllable at the end of an iambic or anapestic line, 71.
From The Principles of English Versification by Baum, Paull Franklin
The contrast is sharpest in the anapestic and dactylic, less sharp in the trochaic and iambic.
From The Principles of Aesthetics by Parker, Dewitt H.
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