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In turgid anapestic tetrameter, the poem lauds Trump as “a leader whose courage is true / Whose virtues are solid and long overdue.”

As a nod to Dr. Seuss, I wanted to write my “If I Ran the Food System” column in anapestic tetrameter, but nothing rhymes with “crop-neutral insurance,” so I had to stick to prose.

Those of you with more to prove will want to drop the words 'anapestic tetrameter' and call it a modern-day Canterbury Tales or even The Wasteland.

The majority of Giesel's best-known children's books were written from an educational standpoint, the anapestic tetrameter employed to reinforce learning via phonics, and the limited vocabulary designed to encourage early readers.

Pertaining to an anapest; consisting of an anapests; as, an anapestic meter, foot, verse.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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