Anapestic tetrameter

Anapestic tetrameter (British spelling: anapaestic) is a poetic meter that has four anapestic metrical feet per line. Each foot has two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable. It is sometimes referred to as a "reverse dactyl", and shares the rapid, driving pace of the dactyl.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

^ The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare (2001) Ed. Michael Dobson and Stanley Wells, Oxford University Press.
^ The Oxford Companion to English Literature 7th Ed. (2009) Edited by Dinah Birch, Oxford University Press Inc.
^ Oxford English Dictionary 2nd Ed. (1989)
^ The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms (2008) Chris Baldick, Oxford University Press.

[1] The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare (2001) Ed. Michael Dobson and Stanley Wells, Oxford University Press.

[2] The Oxford Companion to English Literature 7th Ed. (2009) Edited by Dinah Birch, Oxford University Press Inc.

[3] Oxford English Dictionary 2nd Ed. (1989)

[4] The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms (2008) Chris Baldick, Oxford University Press.

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