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

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

From The Principles of English Versification by Baum, Paull Franklin

The omission of one of the two light syllables from the foot in trisyllabic verse is so common as to make it difficult to find pure anapestic or dactylic verse in English.

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

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)

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