anapest
Short, short, long
An anapest is a metrical foot in poetry consisting of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed one: da-da-DUM.
The word "understand" is an anapest.
Anapestic meter has a galloping, propulsive quality, common in comic and light verse: 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house.
Also spelled anapaest.
Stressed-then-unstressed foot
- iambTwo-syllable metrical foot
- spondeeDouble-stress metrical unit
- pyrrhicWon at excessive cost
- ionicConcerning charged particles
iambus · metrical foot · scansion · prosody · stressed · unstressed · syllable · foot
Five-foot poetic line
- hexameterSix-foot poetic line
- tetrameterFour-foot poetic line
- trimeterThree metrical feet
- dimeterTwo-foot poetic line
iambic · trochaic · dactylic · blank verse · heroic couplet · sprung rhythm · metrical · scansion
Comedic five-line poem
- balladNarrative poem or song
- ByronTitled Romantic versifier
- ShelleyEnglish Romantic surname
- comic verseFunny poetry
light verse · lyric · ode · stanza · couplet · quatrain · refrain · recitation
trochee
Stressed-then-unstressed foot
ionic · iambus · metrical foot · scansion · prosody · stressed · unstressed · syllable · foot · meter
pentameter
Five-foot poetic line
- hexameterSix-foot poetic line
- tetrameterFour-foot poetic line
- trimeterThree metrical feet
dimeter · iambic · trochaic · dactylic · blank verse · heroic couplet · sprung rhythm · metrical · scansion · stress pattern
limerick
Comedic five-line poem
comic verse · light verse · lyric · ode · stanza · couplet · quatrain · refrain · recitation · declamation
gallop
Swiftest quadruped gait
tempo · cadence · lilt · momentum · swing · flow · march · drumbeat · patter · regularity