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Anapaest
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(from Gr. avairaw � ros, reversed), a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short and the third long and accented; so called as the reverse of a dactyl, which has the first a long syllable, followed by two short ones. An anapaestic verse is one which only contains, or is mostly made up of, anapaestic feet.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Anapaest'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/anapaest.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Anapaest'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/anapaest.html. 1910.
