ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ANAPAEST
Via Latin from Greek anapaistos reversed (that is, a dactyl reversed), from anapaiein, from ana- back + paiein to strike.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANAPAEST»
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An analysis of the Greek metres: for the use of students at ...
This Canon admits the Anapaest in prima sede only. The passages in iEschylus
and Sophocles which militate against this Hypothesis, are altered with his usual
ability. He refers to a Note of MOREll, which I confess had once induced me to ...
2
The Grecian Drama: A Treatise on the Dramatic Literature of ...
secondly, the substitution of a tribrach for an iambus in the first, second, third,
fourth, and fifth feet ; thirdly, the resolution of the spondee in the first foot into a
dactyl or anapaest, in the third into a dactyl only, but in the fifth into neither. Thus
a ...
John Richard Darley (Bp. of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh),
1840
been a standing law of the tragic senarii, that the anapaest so situated should be
either comprehended in a single word, or divided between a preposition and the
noun it governs. We copy the following extract from Maltby's prosody : " ' Atque ...
4
The Authenticity of Prometheus Bound
w 'anapaest spondee' (AS) 'spondee spondee' (SS) Less common are:1* -^w-^w '
dactyl dactyl1 (DD) ^w 'spondee dactyl' (SD) ow — wo 'anapaest dactyl' (AD)
HETRON FREOUENCY A comparison of the relative frequencies of these various
...
5
The Cyclopædia: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, ...
chess ;. but it- admits, in the 'second place,-a spondee, or its isochronal feet, a
dactyl or anapaest ; as, _N6n fa-l-cst qiiod [ioptat ] Tpseu-Boet. Ere l t6rv6 l
commi-l-nantesu-Boet. iconsci-l-os scele-Z-ris ne { fandL-Buch. 5. The
Anacreontic ...
6
Ted Hughes: From Cambridge to Collected
(CP 922) The first line gains momentum with an anapaest-like skip to a single
stress which then redoubles into the peaking double stress of 'saw this': a buildup
of charge which compels the run into the anapaest-iamb-anapaest (actually, ...
Mark Wormald, Neil Roberts, Terry Gifford,
2013
7
The Prosody of the Telugu and Sanscrit Languages explained
L*llV.) 109 The Harin'a Plufa is defined in the Vntta-ratnacara^ to consist of (i\ISV*
SJJG) a molossus, anapaest and iambus before the caesura ; after which, ae
anapaest, two amphibiachs, and a final long syllable. Thus 110 The Sikharini,
has ...
Charles Philip Brown,
1827
8
Observations on Grammar and Its Arrangement, for the Use of ...
a spondee ; in the first and third, a dactyl ; in the first, an anapaest. An anapaest
entirely contained in a proper name, is admitted in any place but the last. The fifth
foot cannot be a spondee, unless it be contained in one word, or its first syllable ...
Leeds (England). Grammar school,
1826
9
Puccini's Turandot: The End of the Great Tradition
For instance, in the initial appearance of the melody (see Example s in Chapter I),
the anapaest begins as a stepwise rise including the augmented second gl>-a-
bK scale degrees l>3— #4— 5, answered by a falling stepwisc anapaest a— ...
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An analysis of the Greek metres. By J.B. Seale
This Canon admits the Anapaest in prima sede only. The passages in .52schy-
lus and Sophocles which militate against this Hypothesis, are altered with his
usual ability. He refers to a Note of Morell, which I confess had once induced me
to ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANAPAEST»
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anapaest is used in the context of the following news items.
Thrills and Spills of Young Love
The first, second, and fourth feet are iambs, but the third is an anapaest (a foot consisting of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed ... «The Island.lk, Feb 12»
Obama's oratory
You could, arguably, scan it as an anapaest (diddy dum) but our boy certainly doesn't. The official transcript of his speech at the New ... «Financial Times, Jan 09»