Meaning Of The Word Anapest
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Anapest Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Anapest?
anapest in American English
a metrical foot consisting, in Greek and Latin verse, of two short syllables followed by a long one, or, as in English, of two unaccented syllables followed by an accented one noun: a foot of three syllables, two short followed by one long in quantitative meter, and two unstressed followed by one stressed in accentual meter, as in for the nonce. |
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