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A metrical foot that consists of two stressed syllables followed by an unstressed syllable. An example from Phillip Brooks's poem, "Christmas Everywhere", is a good example: | A metrical foot that consists of two stressed syllables followed by an unstressed syllable. An example from Phillip Brooks's poem, "Christmas Everywhere", is a good example: | ||
| + | {{cquote|'''Every'''where, '''every'''where, '''Christ'''mas to'''night'''. <br> '''Christmas''' in the '''lands''' of the '''fir-tree''' and '''pines.'''}} | ||
| − | + | 1 and a 2 and a 3 and a 4 | |
| − | + | In a way, it is the reverse of the [[anapestic]] (a metrical foot that is two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed.) | |
[[Category:Poetry]] | [[Category:Poetry]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:56, January 6, 2013
A metrical foot that consists of two stressed syllables followed by an unstressed syllable. An example from Phillip Brooks's poem, "Christmas Everywhere", is a good example:
| “ | Everywhere, everywhere, Christmas tonight. Christmas in the lands of the fir-tree and pines. |
” |
1 and a 2 and a 3 and a 4
In a way, it is the reverse of the anapestic (a metrical foot that is two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed.)