Definition of "amphibrach" []

• A trisyllabic metrical foot having one accented or long syllable between two unaccented or short syllables, as in the word remember. (noun)

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• "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."
• "With a polished iamb, trochee, dactyl, amphibrach and anapest."
• "Classical prosody distinguished several other feet, some of which are occasionally mentioned in treatises on English verse: amphibrach ◡ _ ◡, tribrach ◡ ◡ ◡, pyrrhic ◡ ◡, paeon _ ◡ ◡ ◡, choriamb _ ◡ ◡ _."