Definition of anapaest in English:

anapaest

(US anapest)

nounˈanəpiːstˈanəpɛstˈænəˌpɛst

Prosody

A metrical foot consisting of two short or unstressed syllables followed by one long or stressed syllable.
Example sentencesExamples
- They seemed startled by the realization they could actually craft iamb, anapest, anapest, and have it come out a poem.
- Thus in the last stanza quoted, after the surge of anapaests in the first two lines, spondees, dactyls, and iambs begin to appear.
- Then there's the verse, the galumphing iambs and anapests that pull you forward with the force of the Cat in the Hat leading you off a cliff.
- He thereby lends some countenance to Saintsbury's later mantra that what passes for English dactylics are in fact ‘tipped-up’ hypermetric anapests.
- Each mixes iambs and anapests in a particular way, yet each blends seamlessly with the others and helps to create a perfectly natural cadence.

Derivatives

anapaestic

adjectiveanəˈpiːstɪkanəˈpɛstɪk

Prosody

‘The Beautiful Changes’ consists of three six-line stanzas in loose iambics with an anapestic lilt.
Example sentencesExamples
- Australian psychiatrist Dr John Diamond discovered that the muscles go weak when subjected to ‘stopped anapestic beat of hard rock.’
- But the repetition of ‘call to me’ in its dactylic form makes a continuous anapaestic reading impossible, and the stress dactyls in the following lines makes it clearly inappropriate.
- This anapaestic rhyme comes from Westmounter Harry Mayerovitch, author of Limericks for Hereticks.
- That poem, ‘The Pig and the Rooster,’ was in anapestic tetrameter, the poetic meter of ‘The Night before Christmas.’

Origin

Late 16th century: via Latin from Greek anapaistos 'reversed', from ana- 'back' + paiein 'strike' (because it is the reverse of a dactyl).

Definition of anapest in US English:

anapest

(British anapaest)

nounˈænəˌpɛstˈanəˌpest

Prosody

A metrical foot consisting of two short or unstressed syllables followed by one long or stressed syllable.
Example sentencesExamples
- Then there's the verse, the galumphing iambs and anapests that pull you forward with the force of the Cat in the Hat leading you off a cliff.
- Thus in the last stanza quoted, after the surge of anapaests in the first two lines, spondees, dactyls, and iambs begin to appear.
- Each mixes iambs and anapests in a particular way, yet each blends seamlessly with the others and helps to create a perfectly natural cadence.
- He thereby lends some countenance to Saintsbury's later mantra that what passes for English dactylics are in fact ‘tipped-up’ hypermetric anapests.
- They seemed startled by the realization they could actually craft iamb, anapest, anapest, and have it come out a poem.

Origin

Late 16th century: via Latin from Greek anapaistos ‘reversed’, from ana- ‘back’ + paiein ‘strike’ (because it is the reverse of a dactyl).

单词	anapaest
释义	Definition of anapaest in English: anapaest (US anapest) nounˈanəpiːstˈanəpɛstˈænəˌpɛst Prosody A metrical foot consisting of two short or unstressed syllables followed by one long or stressed syllable. Example sentencesExamples They seemed startled by the realization they could actually craft iamb, anapest, anapest, and have it come out a poem. Thus in the last stanza quoted, after the surge of anapaests in the first two lines, spondees, dactyls, and iambs begin to appear. Then there's the verse, the galumphing iambs and anapests that pull you forward with the force of the Cat in the Hat leading you off a cliff. He thereby lends some countenance to Saintsbury's later mantra that what passes for English dactylics are in fact ‘tipped-up’ hypermetric anapests. Each mixes iambs and anapests in a particular way, yet each blends seamlessly with the others and helps to create a perfectly natural cadence. Derivatives anapaestic adjectiveanəˈpiːstɪkanəˈpɛstɪk Prosody ‘The Beautiful Changes’ consists of three six-line stanzas in loose iambics with an anapestic lilt. Example sentencesExamples Australian psychiatrist Dr John Diamond discovered that the muscles go weak when subjected to ‘stopped anapestic beat of hard rock.’ But the repetition of ‘call to me’ in its dactylic form makes a continuous anapaestic reading impossible, and the stress dactyls in the following lines makes it clearly inappropriate. This anapaestic rhyme comes from Westmounter Harry Mayerovitch, author of Limericks for Hereticks. That poem, ‘The Pig and the Rooster,’ was in anapestic tetrameter, the poetic meter of ‘The Night before Christmas.’ Origin Late 16th century: via Latin from Greek anapaistos 'reversed', from ana- 'back' + paiein 'strike' (because it is the reverse of a dactyl). Definition of anapest in US English: anapest (British anapaest) nounˈænəˌpɛstˈanəˌpest Prosody A metrical foot consisting of two short or unstressed syllables followed by one long or stressed syllable. Example sentencesExamples Then there's the verse, the galumphing iambs and anapests that pull you forward with the force of the Cat in the Hat leading you off a cliff. Thus in the last stanza quoted, after the surge of anapaests in the first two lines, spondees, dactyls, and iambs begin to appear. Each mixes iambs and anapests in a particular way, yet each blends seamlessly with the others and helps to create a perfectly natural cadence. He thereby lends some countenance to Saintsbury's later mantra that what passes for English dactylics are in fact ‘tipped-up’ hypermetric anapests. They seemed startled by the realization they could actually craft iamb, anapest, anapest, and have it come out a poem. Origin Late 16th century: via Latin from Greek anapaistos ‘reversed’, from ana- ‘back’ + paiein ‘strike’ (because it is the reverse of a dactyl).
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