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their independent role,
anapaests are
sometimes used as
substitutions in
iambic verse. In
strict iambic pentameter,
anapaests are rare, but they are found...
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fourth lines are
usually anapaestic, or one iamb
followed by one
anapaest. The first,
second and
fifth are
usually either anapaests or amphibrachs. The first...
- length. The most
common feet in
English are the iamb, trochee, dactyl, and
anapaest. The foot
might be
compared to a bar, or a beat
divided into
pulse groups...
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romantic story." "The Highwayman" uses
hexameter that
mixes iambs and
anapaests. The
rhythm is
suggestive of the foot
falls of a
galloping horse. Noyes...
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syllable followed by two
unstressed syllables (e.g. an-no-tate, sim-i-lar)
anapaest—two
unstressed syllables followed by one
stressed syllable (e.g. com-pre-hend)...
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tribrach – ◡ ◡
dactyl ◡ – ◡
amphibrach ◡ ◡ –
anapaest,
antidactylus ◡ – –
bacchius – ◡ – cretic,
amphimacer – – ◡
antibacchius – – – molossus...
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stressed syllable followed by two
unstressed syllables—the
opposite is the
anapaest (two
unstressed followed by a
stressed syllable). An
example of dactylic...
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spondee Trisyllables ◡ ◡ ◡
tribrach – ◡ ◡
dactyl ◡ – ◡
amphibrach ◡ ◡ –
anapaest,
antidactylus ◡ – –
bacchius – ◡ – cretic,
amphimacer – – ◡ antibacchius...
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named after him. This was
called archebuleum,
which was made up of four
anapaests and one bacchaeus. This
metre was also
frequently used by Callimachus...
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Anapestic tetrameter (British spelling:
anapaestic) is a
poetic meter that has four
anapestic metrical feet per line. Each foot has two
unstressed syllables...
