57 examples of anapestics in sentences

Anapestic verse consists of a regular recurrence of two unstressed syllables preceding a stressed syllable, /.

Anapestic Verse; its 4 Measures Observations on the Short Anapestics Order IV.

Anapestic Verse; its 4 Measures Observations on the Short Anapestics Order IV.

Such syllables are redundant in iambic and anapestic verses; in lines of any other sort, they are generally, if not always, included in the measure.

2. WITH ANAPESTICS, &c. "T~o l=ove ~and t~o l=angu~ish, T~o s=igh | ~and c~ompl=ain, H~ow cr=u~el's th~e =angu~ish! H~ow t~orm=ent | -~ing th~e p=ain!

The longest anapestics that have gained my notice, are of fourteen syllables, being tetrameters with triple rhyme, or lines of four anapests and two short surplus syllables.

The defect is probably in either case, at least half imaginary; and, as for the inherent joyousness of anapestics, that is perhaps not less ideal.

For our Amphibrachic order will be made up of lines that are commonly scanned as anapesticssuch anapestics as are diversified by an iambus at the beginning, and sometimes also by a surplus short syllable at the end; as in the following verses, better divided as in the sixth example above: "Th~ere c=ame t~o | th~e b=each ~a | p~oor Ex~ile | ~of

The following example has six anapestics of two feet, and two of one; but the latter, being verses of double rhyme, have each a surplus short syllable; and four of the former commence with the iambus: Example I.A Song in a Drama.

The longer example is from a ballad of 216 lines, of which 99 are thus varied, and 117 are full anapestics.

In Everett's Versification, at p. 100, the first six lines of this example are broken into twelve, and set in three stanzas, being given to exemplify "The Line of a single Anapest preceded by an Iambus," or what he improperly calls "The first and shortest species of Anapestic lines."

By the present scansion, the first foot is an iamb in all of them but the two anapestics.

Regarding it as essentially anapestic tetrameter, yet as having some initial iambs, and the first and fifth lines dactylic, I shall here divide it accordingly, thus: "Kn=ow y~e th~e |

Of the following sixteen lines, nine are pure anapestic tetrameters; one may be reckoned dactylic, but it may quite as well be said to have a trochee, an iambus, and two anapests or two amphimacs; one is a spondee and three anapests; and the rest may be scanned as amphibrachics ending with an iambus, but are more properly anapestics commencing with an iambus.

Of the following sixteen lines, nine are pure anapestic tetrameters; one may be reckoned dactylic, but it may quite as well be said to have a trochee, an iambus, and two anapests or two amphimacs; one is a spondee and three anapests; and the rest may be scanned as amphibrachics ending with an iambus, but are more properly anapestics commencing with an iambus.

Like the preceding example from Byron, they lack the uniformity of proper composites, and are rather to be regarded as anapestics irregularly diversified.

What syllables have stress in a pure anapestic line?

Why are the anapestic measures few?

What are the several measures of anapestic verse?

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57 examples of  anapestics  in sentences