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What is an anapest?

What is an anapest? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (prosody) In qualitative metre, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two unstressed and one stressed (e.g., the word "interrupt").
  2. (prosody) In quantitative metre, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short and one long (e.g., the word "velveteen").
  3. (prosody) A fragment, phrase or line of poetry or verse using this meter, e.g.
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In the next pair of variations, we return to the major, with a lively anapest rhythm.
This foot, which is the opposite of the dactyl, is known as the anapest.
With its long note on the second sixteenth note, this is another musical anapest.
They seemed startled by the realization they could actually craft iamb, anapest, anapest, and have it come out a poem.
Where arm in arm two dancers are entwined,And whirl themselves with strict embracements bound,their feet an anapest do sound.
It is hovering between the form of the first two feet and the anapest of the last foot.

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