If such a method of discriminating types be applied to the present material, then the most easily coördinated -- the most natural -- form is the dactyl; the anapæst stands next; the amphibrach is the most unnatural and difficult to coördinate. From Wordnik.com. [Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory.] Reference
With a polished iamb, trochee, dactyl, amphibrach and anapest. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
I'd like to see a rigorous test, in which the applicant has to demonstrate full mastery of alliteration and assonance, imagery and metonymy, amphibrach and amphimacer, rondeau and pantoum, triolet and villanelle. From Wordnik.com. [The Corner on National Review Online] Reference
The amphibrach, laid out on this scheme, would coincide with the dactyl, as there are but three possible zones for foot elements: the zone of the limiting sensation (always occupied by the accented syllable), the zone of the contraction phase (occupied by the unaccented syllables of the iamb and anapæst), and the zone of the relaxation phase (occupied by the unaccented syllable of the trochee and the middle syllable of the dactyl). From Wordnik.com. [Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory.] Reference
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