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

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

So we have dactylic hexameter, trochaic pentameter, iambic trimeter, anapestic dimeter, etc.

From Composition-Rhetoric by Brooks, Stratton D.

Here we have a hexameter which is neither iambic nor anapestic, but a combination of the two rhythms.

From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald