Lexicographical Neighbors of Anapaests
Literary usage of Anapaests
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Volume 93 by Harvard University (1896)
"NOTES ON THE anapaests OF AISCHYLOS. BY HERBERT WEIR SMYTH. NO single system of
classification discloses all the points of view from which we may study the ..."
2. A History of English Prosody from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day by George Saintsbury (1908)
"... anapaests—The charm of the metre—Other points in him—His double rhymes.
WE have seen, in the last two chapters, how the couplet flourished, greener with ..."
3. The Metres of the Greeks and Romans: A Manual for Schools and Private Study by Eduard Munk (1844)
"With such lighter anapaests, the iambic and ... As an example of such cyclic
anapaests, Hermann correctly cites Luc. ..."
4. The English Prosody: With Rules Deduced from the Genius of Our Language, and by Asa Humphrey (1847)
"By anapaests. Iambic verse may be said to be diversified with ... These lines
are diversified with anapaests; and we may say also, they are diversified with ..."
5. Pages from a Private Diary by Henry Charles Beeching (1899)
"think of doing Moore into Greek anapaests or Tupper into Greek elegiacs." Mr.
Gladstone suggests that when a man discovers he is not a great poet he should ..."
6. An Introduction to the Metres of the Greek Tragedians by Edward Burton, James Burton (1821)
"... although it consists of the same times as the other three, is not admitted in
regular anapaests. Sometimes Dactyls and Spondees are found through two or ..."
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