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If such a method of discriminating types be applied to the present material, then the most easily coördinated--the most natural--form is the dactyl; the anapćst stands next; the amphibrach is the most unnatural and difficult to coördinate The same method of analysis was next applied to four-beat rhythms.— Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory.
The amphibrach, laid out on this scheme, would coincide with the dactyl, as there are but three possible zones for foot elements: the zone of the limiting sensation (always occupied by the accented syllable), the zone of the contraction phase (occupied by the unaccented syllables of the iamb and anapćst), and the zone of the relaxation phase (occupied by the unaccented syllable of the trochee and the middle syllable of the dactyl The simple sound series is fairly regular, because of its cyclic and automatic character.— Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory.
It is frequently found at the end of a line U | U | U |U U Life is so full of misery An amphibrach is a foot consisting of three syllables, with the accent on the second U U U U| U U| U Creator, Preserver, Redeemer and friend 110.— Composition-Rhetoric
The anapest divides two of them in the middle; the amphibrach will so divide eight.— The Grammar of English Grammars
Classical prosody distinguished several other feet, some of which are occasionally mentioned in treatises on English verse: amphibrach ◡ _ ◡, tribrach ◡ ◡ ◡, pyrrhic ◡ ◡, paeon _ ◡ ◡ ◡, choriamb _ ◡ ◡ _.— The Principles of English Versification
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