"Anapaest" ( For bottom workshop)

By Ian.T, 18 September, 2013

"Anapaest"

An anapaest:-
Also spelled anapæst or anapest, also called antidactylus.
Is a metrical foot used in formal poetry.
In classical quantitative meters it consists of:-

Two short syllables followed by a long one;

In accentual stress meters it consists of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable

It may be seen as a reversed dactyl.

Because of its length and the fact that it ends with a stressed syllable and so allows for strong rhymes, anapaest can produce a very rolling, galloping feeling verse.

This allows for long lines with a great deal of internal complexity

Well Well this is going to be fun for us see you in the padded room, but I shall go to my cave and contemplate the universe, damn a verse got in there some place.
Love you all, Yours, Ian.T

Rula

12 years ago

thanks for the education

dear Ian. Informative and simple.
Thanks for sharing...see who's studying hard these days! LoL

lonlyhrtsclub13

12 years ago

very helpful

Did they give a rhythm for it?

Ian.T

12 years ago

the rythme for anapaest is:- "da da Dum" and as they say it gives to having long lines in poetry.
I am struggling with this as the way I speak is slightly different to others and the accentuation is on other parts of the words, this happens in many countries.
The old English was a sing song type of speak, I believe this is why the old masters had little problem with the lines.
You should hear the children when they talk lol as they think talk it is a colourful experience sometimes, but that is another story..
You take care, Yours Ian