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- noun Plural form of
anapest .
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Examples
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Trisyllabic verse consists altogether of anapests, that is, of feet made up of two unaccented and one accented syllable; and it does not admit a mixture of any other feet.
Miscellany 1784
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Just add anapests to your [missing syllable] prose
The Volokh Conspiracy » To Meld — What Does “Meld” Mean? 2010
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His “November” is a quiet poem, written in iambic meter – the closest to natural speech – instead of high-stepping anapests and dactyls.
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Updike writes in iambic meter – the closest to natural speech – instead of the galloping anapests and dactyls so often found in rhymes for the very young.
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Updike writes in iambic meter – the closest to natural speech – instead of the galloping anapests and dactyls so often found in rhymes for the very young.
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Triplets are called dactyls or anapests in the official lingo, depending on whether they start with an upbeat or not.
THE ANTHOLOGIST Nicholson Baker 2009
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Triplets are called dactyls or anapests in the official lingo, depending on whether they start with an upbeat or not.
THE ANTHOLOGIST Nicholson Baker 2009
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Shepherd, "Plate 5, in The Songs of Innocence, Marsh points out" is written in regular anapests, a metre which gives it a more bouncy and tripping rhythm, "presenting a" carefree and uncomplicated style
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In the following passage, for example, the bleakest possible pessimism is framed in a nursery rhyme sequence of rhyming monosyllabic anapests:
Beckett: Still Stirring Parks, Tim 2006
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Its cadence is strange: a liquid rhythm, rich with anapests ....
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