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What is an anacrusis?

What is an anacrusis? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (prosody) An unstressed syllable at the start of a verse.
  2. (music) An unstressed note or notes before the first strong beat (or downbeat) of a phrase.
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Of course in such an investigation the use of anacrusis in the types A and A1 should not be neglected.
A full anapestic metre with feminine ending gives somewhat the effect of anacrusis, since a third light syllable must be crowded in between the stresses.
The third line is remarkable for its anacrusis, which occasionally occurs also in other English hexameters.
Then Etheridge poised his baton, jerked an upbeat, and made the violinists speak the low G and A of their anacrusis.
Lines with anacrusis in the first section and without it in the second.
There are many instances of anacruses where the last bar has not been shortened by the length of the anacrusis bar.

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