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

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)

It is iambic, trochaic, anapestic, dactylic, according as the metrical pattern is made up of iambs, trochees, etc.

From The Principles of English Versification by Baum, Paull Franklin

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

In the following nursery rhyme it is clear that the prevailing foot is anapestic, though several feet are iambic, and in the first two lines and the last line a single syllable makes a foot.

From English: Composition and Literature by Webster, W. F. (William Franklin)