What is another word for anapaestic?

Pronunciation: [ˌanɐpˈiːstɪk] (IPA)

Anapaestic is a metrical foot that comprises three syllables, the first two being unstressed, and the last one is stressed. It is commonly used in Greek and Latin poetry. Some common synonyms that you can use in place of anapaestic are dactylic, amphibrachic, or triple meter. These terms are used to describe poetic feet that have a similar rhythm as anapaestic. Dactylic, for instance, is a metrical foot with three syllables where the first syllable is stressed, and the other two are unstressed. Amphibrachic has the same rhythm as anapaestic, but the stressed syllable is in the middle of the pattern instead of the end. Triple meter refers to a poetic line consisting of three beats per measure, which is common in anapaestic poetry.

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What are the hypernyms for Anapaestic?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Anapaestic

The anapaestic metre was less suited to Latin, and is rarely met with either in the comic poets, or in the fragments of the tragedians.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
His natural gait on shipboard was a kind of anapaestic dance-two short steps and a long-and though the crowd interrupted its cadence and coerced him to a quick bobbing motion, as of a bottle in a choppy sea, it hardly affected his pace.
"The Blue Pavilions"
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Cleon, also, already was among his assailants, making use of the feeling against him as a step to the leadership of the people, as appears in the anapaestic verses of Hermippus.
"Plutarch-Lives-of-the-noble-Grecians-and-Romans"
Clough, Arthur Hugh

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