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{{cquote|'''Every'''where, '''every'''where, '''Christmas''' to'''night'''. <br> '''Christmas''' in the '''lands''' of the '''fir-tree''' and '''pines.'''}} | {{cquote|'''Every'''where, '''every'''where, '''Christmas''' to'''night'''. <br> '''Christmas''' in the '''lands''' of the '''fir-tree''' and '''pines.'''}} | ||
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| + | It is like the reverse of the anapestic, which is a metrical foot that is two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed. | ||
[[Category:Poetry]] | [[Category:Poetry]] | ||
Revision as of 19:50, May 6, 2009
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. |
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It is like the reverse of the anapestic, which is a metrical foot that is two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed.