- An
anapaest (/ˈænəpiːst, -pɛst/; also
spelled anapæst or
anapest, also
called antidactylus) is a
metrical foot used in
formal poetry. In
classical quantitative...
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stressed syllable followed by two
unstressed syllables, the
opposite of an
anapest,
sometimes called antidactylus to
reflect this fact. A
dactylic foot is...
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almost every line, in
different positions, an iamb is
replaced with an
anapest.[citation needed] "The Road Not Taken"
reads conversationally, beginning...
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using terms borrowed from the
metrical feet of poetry: iamb (weak–strong),
anapest (weak–weak–strong),
trochee (strong–weak),
dactyl (strong–weak–weak), and...
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irregularly and can be
better described based on
patterns of
iambs and
anapests, feet
which he
considers natural to the language.
Actual rhythm is significantly...
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without anapaests or trochaics". This
comment about the
absence of
anapest and
trochee has been
interpreted to mean that the
music was not
based on...
- pact pae-
strike Gr**** παίειν (paíein), (paistos) anapaest, anapaestic,
anapest,
anapestic paed-, ped-
child Gr**** παῖς, παιδός (paîs, paidós), παιδικός...
- an
extra syllable in the
final foot of the line (this can be read as an
anapest (dada DUM) or as an elision).
Percy Bysshe S****ey also used
skilful variation...
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pattern name ᴗ ᴗ ᴗ
tribrach – ᴗ ᴗ
dactyl ᴗ – ᴗ
amphibrach ᴗ ᴗ –
anapaest (
anapest) ᴗ – –
bacchius – ᴗ –
cretic – – ᴗ
antibacchius – – – molossus...
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found in the plays.
Tetrameter catalectic verses:
These are long
lines of
anapests,
trochees or
iambs (where each line is
ideally measured in four dipodes...
