Anapaest

As anapest [ anapɛ ː st ] ( masculine, plural: Anapäste ) is called in the Verslehre a three-piece antique or older metrical foot, one behind the other two ( unstressed ) cuts ( short syllable ) and a ( stressed ) uplift ( long syllable ) is. The reverse meter, consisting of a heavy and two light syllables, the Daktylus.

Origin

The word comes from the Greek ἀνάπαιστος anápaistos ( anapest ); this derives from anapaiein, strike back ',' bounce back '.

The anapest was used in the ancient seal of march and battle songs, since the syllable sequence ( short - short - long) gives a forward-moving character. The anapest went to the German literature only in passing. It is used only as a single metrical foot (eg iambic with an unstressed beat).

Examples

Pattern: unstressed - unstressed - stressed or short-short- long ( ‿ ‿ - )

• The word magic is a anapest: The emphasis is on the third syllable, while the first two syllables are unstressed.

• The German word anapest is itself a anapest (and thus a autology ). The Greek word ἀνάπαιστος itself is not anapest, but still starts with such a state; as Latin anapaestus.

• Other examples: Harmony, Symphony, Elephant, Directorate

• Example set of four anapaests: Vegetarian rarely survived the Lioness in the bush

• The rhythm of the song Here today, gone tomorrow by Hannes Wader consists entirely of anapaests.

• The song The Way I Am by Eminem is, apart from the hook, also almost entirely of anapaests.