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

Here we have a hexameter which is neither iambic nor anapestic, but a combination of the two rhythms.

From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald

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 Sylvester, Charles Herbert

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 Winslow, Horatio

In noble anapestic lines he pours forth the thought as it comes to him: “‘Behold, I could love if I durst!

From Browning and the Dramatic Monologue by Curry, S. S. (Samuel Silas)