| anapest |
| Definition - Two short syllables followed by a long one. |
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Example - The AsSYRian came DOWN like a WOLF on the FOLD |
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Etymology - The word derives from the Greek ana, back + paiein, to strike. |
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Oxford English Dictionary - Its first citation is from 1589: "For your anapestus of two short and a long ye haue these words but not many moe, as manifold, montiesse, remanent, holinesse." (Puttenham Eng. Poesie (Arb.) 133) |