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Definition of Anacrusis
1. n. A prefix of one or two unaccented syllables to a verse properly beginning with an accented syllable.
Definition of Anacrusis
1. Noun. (prosody) An unstressed syllable at the start of a verse. ¹
2. Noun. (music) An unstressed note or notes before the first strong beat (or downbeat) of a phrase. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Anacrusis
1. [n -CRUSES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anacrusis
Literary usage of Anacrusis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to Poetry: For Students of English Literature by Raymond Macdonald Alden (1909)
"The true anacrusis steals for itself a moment of time from the natural pause
between two verses. A full anapestic metre with feminine ending gives somewhat ..."
2. The Grecian Drama: A Treatise on the Dramatic Literature of the Greeks by John Richard Darley (1840)
"... are found beginning with an iambic anacrusis ; Sia Si 0 \\i\\n ... with an
iambic anacrusis, which are so inserted in the midst of ..."
3. Grammar of the Greek Language: For the Use of High Schools and Colleges by Raphael Kühner, Bela Bates Edwards, Samuel Harvey Taylor (1860)
"The anacrusis and base belong to lyric verse. $ 353. View of the different kinds
of Verse. The most usual kinds of verse are those which consist of the ..."
4. Rhythm, Music and Education by Emile Jaques-Dalcroze (1921)
"2) Without anacrusis. With anacrusis. ujj 'i ... With anacrusis. etc. c) SUCCESSIONS
OF AUGMENTATIONS AND DIMINUTIONS. (Irregular circulation of the blood J ..."
5. The Greek Reader by Friedrich Jacobs (1851)
"V. The kind which has a monosyllabic anacrusis admit« of two forms Hilly, of
which the proper one is this : «I -- — I -- while the other, which chances the ..."
6. An Introduction to the Rhythmic and Metric of the Classical Languages: To by Johann Hermann Heinrich Schmidt, John Williams White (1902)
"Just as this verse in 3/8 measure begins with an anacrusis, so can every other.
The effect-is to make the rhythm livelier, since the first syllable or ..."
7. A Greek Reader: Selected Principally from the Work of Frederic Jacobs by Charles Anthon (1854)
"The lines we have enumerated are therefore scanned as follows : * An anacrusis
is a prefix of one syllable, or of two syllables, to a verse, and which are ..."
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