“Thĕy woŭld hāzard” — furnishes an anapæst for an _iambus_.— Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher
"Mutafá'ilun" (UU - U -), anapæst + iamb.— Arabian nights. English
Or young Apollo's; and yet, after this, &c. '/They would HAzard/' [1] -- furnishes an anapæst for an 'iambus'.— Literary Remains, Volume 2
There is a similar contrast in the cases of the dactyl and anapæst.— Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory.
The unaccented syllables of the anapæst both occur at the beginning of the contraction phase (A).— Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory.
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