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Anapestic

adjective
1.
(of a metric foot) characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one.  Synonym: anapaestic.





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"Anapestic" Quotes from Famous Books



... Schoolmistress," the most engaging of Shenstone's poems is his "Pastoral Ballad," written in 1743 in four parts and in a tripping anapestic measure. Familiar to most readers is the ...
— A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century • Henry A. Beers


Words linked to "Anapestic" :   anapest, anapaestic


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