anapests

an·a·pest also an·a·paest (

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1. A metrical foot composed of two short syllables followed by one long one, as in the word seventeen.

2. A line of verse using this meter; for example, "'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house" (Clement Clarke Moore).

[Latin anapaestus, from Greek anapaistos : ana-, ana- + paiein, pais-, to strike (so called because an anapest is a reversed dactyl); see pau-² in Indo-European roots.]

ana·pestic adj.

anapaest, anapest [ˈænəpɛst -piːst]

(Literature / Poetry) Prosody a metrical foot of three syllables, the first two short, the last long (˘ ˘ ¯)

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

anapaestic , anapestic adj

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Noun

anapaest - a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables

anapest

metrical foot, metrical unit, foot - (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm

Translations

anapaest anapest [ˈænəpiːst] N → anapesto m

anapaest, (US) anapest

n (Poet) → Anapäst m

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foot
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The poem might be scanned into metrical feet but only by doing it violence; the ear experiences a tacit tug which comes from the dim echo of those anticipated but thwarted iambs, trochees, and anapests.

Robert Bridges's new cadence by Ormsby, Eric / New Criterion

To my eye and ear this kind of writing seems as dated as the dactyls and anapests of "Hiawatha," especially since Berrigan has no external controlling subject, as Olson did with the history of Cape Ann, and no internal driving force palpable as the mythic and musical sensibility of Robert Duncan.

The Collected Poems of Ted Berrigan by Doreski, William / Harvard Review

Poetry technicians are impressed that he did so in rhyming anapests.

ODDS & ENDS by GILMOUR, PETER / U.S. Catholic

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