Associations to the word «Anapest»

ANAPEST, noun. (prosody) In qualitative metre, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two unstressed and one stressed (e.g., the word "interrupt").

ANAPEST, noun. (prosody) In quantitative metre, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short and one long (e.g., the word "velveteen").

ANAPEST, noun. (prosody) 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!” (Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1957)).

ANAPEST, noun. A metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables.