1. Plural of anapestic; lines of verse or poems composed in anapestic meter.
Usage: literary; prosody

1. Of, relating to, or written in anapestic meter (a metrical foot of three syllables with the stress on the final syllable).
Usage: literary; prosody

Examples

• The poet favored anapestics for their bouncy, energetic rhythm.
• Many nursery rhymes are written in anapestics.
• The anapestics in this passage create a galloping effect.
• She analyzed the anapestic meter of the verse.
• The song's anapestic structure made it easy to remember.