Associations to the word «Anacrusis»

Wiktionary

ANACRUSIS, noun. (prosody) An unstressed syllable at the start of a verse.
ANACRUSIS, noun. (music) An unstressed note or notes before the first strong beat (or downbeat) of a phrase.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King