anapaest

/ ˈænəpɛst; -piːst /

noun

prosody a metrical foot of three syllables, the first two short, the last long ( )

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C17: via Latin from Greek anapaistos reversed (that is, a dactyl reversed), from anapaiein, from ana- back + paiein to strike

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He tends to favor the anapaest and the iambic tetrameter.

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"I wish you would turn one of my father's favorite songs into anapaests for him," said Hardy.

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And in this way he made that sort of anapaest which is called the Aristophanic anapaest.

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When I am arrested, I shall protest in anapaests.

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But they are dull; monotonous lamentation in monotonous anapaests is the height of their capacity.

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