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

His viking code, with its swift anapestic rhythm, has a breezy melody which sings in the ear.

From Essays on Scandinavian Literature by Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth

From reading the whole poem we know that the movement is anapestic.

From The Principles of English Versification by Baum, Paull Franklin

Again we find, especially in dactyllic and anapestic lines, a trochee or spondee thrown in to vary the movement.

From Rhymes and Meters A Practical Manual for Versifiers by Winslow, Horatio

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