Some words and phrases in English that constitute anapests include the following examples: understand, interrupt, comprehend, anapest, contradict, "get a life," condescend, and so on. anapest (anapestic) A foot or unit of poetry consisting of two light syllables followed by a single stressed syllable. A line of poetry written in successive trochees is said to be written in trochaic meter. Many words in English naturally form trochees, including happy, hammer, Pittsburgh, nugget, double, incest, injure, roses, hippie, Bubba, "beat it," clever, dental, dinner, shatter, pitcher, Cleveland, chosen, planet, chorus, widow, bladder, cuddle, slacker, and so on. trochee (trochaic) A two-syllable unit or foot of poetry consisting of a heavy stress followed by a light stress. Verses written in feet that follow this pattern are said to be in dactylic meter. Examples of words in English that naturally constitute dactyls include strawberry, carefully, changeable, merrily, mannequin, tenderly, prominent, buffalo, glycerin, notable, scorpion, tedious, horrible, and parable. dactyl (datylic) A three-syllable foot consisting of a heavy stress and two light stresses. A line of poetry written with syllables falling in this pattern of stress are said to be in iambic meter. Some words in English naturally form iambs, such as behold, restore, amuse, arise, awake, return, Noel, support, depict, destroy, inject, inscribe, insist, inspire, unwashed, and so on. Hexameter (alexandrine) six metrical feet iamb (iambic) A unit or foot of poetry that consists of a lightly stressed syllable followed by a heavily stressed syllable.
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