Definitions from Wiktionary (anapest)

▸ noun:  (prosody) In qualitative meter, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two unstressed and the last one stressed.
▸ noun:  (prosody) In quantitative meter, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short, then one long.
▸ noun:  (prosody) A fragment, phrase or line of poetry or verse using this meter.
▸ Also see anapest




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