Usage examples (9)

• And in this way he made that sort of anapaest which is called the Aristophanic anapaest.
• Again, Pheneos is a dactyl in lxviii. 111, while Satrachus is an anapaest in xcv.
• In order to deal with English verse, you need to talk about only five feet: the iambus, the trochee, the anapaest, the dactyl, and the spondee.
• The singers have been induced to make their own selections, and put forward, as Mr. Browning says, their best foot, anapaest or trochee, or whatever it may be.