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
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
The stresses are nearly even throughout; the meter cannot be accurately described as iambic, trochaic, or anapestic; yet there is a rhythm in the approximate temporal equality of the thought-moments.
From The Principles of Aesthetics by Parker, Dewitt H.
There occur examples of 1-, 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, 6-, 7-, 8-stress iambic, trochaic, anapestic, and dactylic lines, sometimes used continuously and sometimes used in combinations with other lengths.
From The Principles of English Versification by Baum, Paull Franklin
The first, from Paradise Lost, II, 604-614, is in blank verse, with five iambic feet to a line; the second, from Shelley's The Cloud, is apparently irregular, but the basis is clearly anapestic.
From The Principles of English Versification by Baum, Paull Franklin
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