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
Often it seems to an English reader to have an anapestic effect, and to be best described as anapestic tetrameter.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
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
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
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
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