anapaestic

• Adjetivo que designa lo relativo al anapesto, un pie métrico de la poesía clásica compuesto por dos sílabas breves y una larga, o que consiste en anapestos; se usa especialmente en métrica y poesía, aunque es poco frecuente en el español moderno.

An obsolete adjective relating to or consisting of anapaests, a metrical foot in poetry. Rarely used in modern English.

1. Metric foot in poetryC2formal

   Describes a metrical foot in poetry consisting of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable.

   Pie métrico anapesto

   • The poem is written in anapaestic meter, giving it a lively, rolling rhythm.
   • Many limericks use an anapaestic structure.
   • The poet chose an anapaestic pattern to create a sense of speed and energy.

   Sinónimosanapestic