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
Technically the poem is anapestic tetrameter much varied by the introduction of iambic feet.
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide by Sylvester, Charles Herbert
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
Notions Myrtie, my notion of no one to write about Seems to be any one other than you; Therefore, Myrtilla, I'm penning to-night about Twelve anapestic good verses and true.
From Tobogganing on Parnassus by Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce)
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
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