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
The meter of this poem, then is anapestic tetrameter, varied by an added syllable in most of the odd-numbered lines and by an iambic foot at the beginning of each line.
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 by Sylvester, Charles Herbert
Furthermore, in a passage like the following, which everyone recognizes as exquisitely musical, it is not obvious whether the rhythm is iambic or anapestic or trochaic.
From The Principles of English Versification by Baum, Paull Franklin
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
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)
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