anapestic
Anapestic: two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable. For instance The cur | few tolls | the knell | of par | ting day. | (Thomas Gray, "Elegy written in a Country Churchyard") .
The noun is anapest.
- Part of Speech: adjective
- Industry/Domain: Literature
- Category: Literary terms
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