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  2. Anapestic tetrameter - Wikipedia

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    Anapestic tetrameter is a rhythm well suited for comic verse, and prominent examples include Clement Clarke Moore's "A Visit from St. Nicholas" and the majority of Dr. Seuss's poems. When used in comic form, anapestic tetrameter is often highly regular, as the regularity emphasizes the breezy, melodic feel of the meter, though the initial ...

  3. Anapaest - Wikipedia

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    An anapaest (/ ˈ æ n ə p iː s t,-p ɛ s t /; 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.

  4. Tetrameter - Wikipedia

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    In poetry, a tetrameter is a line of four metrical feet. However, the particular foot can vary, as follows: Anapestic tetrameter: "And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea" (Lord Byron, "The Destruction of Sennacherib") "Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house" ("A Visit from St. Nicholas")

  5. Catalexis - Wikipedia

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    Poems can be written entirely in catalectic lines, ... An example in Ancient Greek is the iambic tetrameter, ... (anapestic tetrameter brachycatalectic)

  6. Glossary of poetry terms - Wikipedia

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    Anapestic tetrameter (aka reverse dactyl): a poetic meter that has 4 anapestic metres per line. Common metre : a quatrain with rhyme scheme ABAB and alternates 4-stress and 3-stress iambic lines. This is the meter used in hymns and ballads.

  7. Outline of poetry - Wikipedia

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    Iambic tetrameter. Examples: To His Coy Mistress, by Andrew Marvell; Eugene Onegin, [3] by Aleksandr Pushkin; Trochaic octameter. Example: The Raven, [4] by Edgar Allan Poe; Anapestic tetrameter. Examples: The Hunting of the Snark, [5] by Lewis Carroll; Don Juan, [6] by Lord Byron; Alexandrine – also known as iambic hexameter. Example ...

  8. Poetry analysis - Wikipedia

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    Poetry analysis is the process of investigating the form of a poem, ... this poem is written in anapestic tetrameter. ... for example. Poems that read aloud well ...

  9. Metre (poetry) - Wikipedia

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    In poetry, metre (Commonwealth spelling) or meter (American spelling; see spelling differences) is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse.Many traditional verse forms prescribe a specific verse metre, or a certain set of metres alternating in a particular order.