A fragment, phrase or line of poetry or verse using this meter; e.g. “Every Who down in Whoville liked Christmas a lot, but the Grinch, who lived just north of Whoville, did NOT!” ( aka Theodor Geisel)
A metrical foot of three syllables, two short (or unstressed) followed by one long (or stressed), as in seventeen and to the moon The anapest is the reverse of the dactyl
a metrical foot consisting of two unaccented syllables followed by an accented one Examples include the words "undermine" and "overcome " See Byron's "The Destruction of Sennacherib "
A three syllable foot made of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable The word "comprehend," pronounced "com - pre - HEND," is a good example This is the opposite of the spondaic foot
A fragment, phrase or line of poetry or verse using this meter; e.g. "Every Who down in Whoville liked Christmas a lot, but the Grinch, who lived just north of Whoville, did NOT!"
A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented (⌣ ⌣ -); the reverse of the dactyl