What does anapaestic mean?
Describing a metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by two stressed syllables. In anapaestic meter, each foot consists of three syllables, with the first unstressed and the second and third stressed.
Example
"The poet's use of anapaestic meter created a lively, energetic feel in the poem."
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