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noun

Anapest n.

(Pros.) A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented; the reverse of the dactyl.

A verse composed of such feet.

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Etymology of 'Anapest'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... and Euripides's example. They were good because they were according to rule, and in imitation of good models.[195] Watson he especially praises for his refusal to publish Absolon because in several places an anapest was substituted for an iambus. Thus far we have the influence of classical rhetoric urging as an ideal for ...

— Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance - A Study of Rhetorical Terms in English Renaissance Literary Criticism • Donald Lemen Clark

... Quantity. The metrical unit was the foot, made up of long and short syllables in various combinations, two short syllables being equivalent to one long one. The feet most commonly used were the Iambus [short-long], the Anapest [short-short-long], the Trochee [long-short], the Dactyl [long-short-short], and the Spondee [long-long]. Then we were instructed that a "verse" or line consisting of one foot was called a monometer, of two feet, a dimeter, of three, a trimeter, ...

— A Study of Poetry • Bliss Perry

Words linked to "Anapest" : anapaest, metrical unit, foot, metrical foot