| anapest |
| Definition: Two short syllables followed by a long one. |
| Example: The AsSYRian came DOWN like a WOLF on the FOLD |
| Etymology: The word derives from the Greek ana, back + paiein, to strike. |
| OED: 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) |