Anapestic foot. It may be seen as a reversed dactyl. This An anapest is a metrical foot used in poetry that consists of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable, creating a rhythmic pattern that feels lively and energetic. An anapest is two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed. An anapest is a three-syllable poetic foot. The most common patterns are used throughout English poetry. They include iambic pentameter, blank verse (or unrhymed iambic pentameter,) and free verse. Anapest Definition An anapest (ann-uh-pehst) is a type of metrical foot. First found in early Spartan marching songs, anapestic metres were widely used in Greek and Latin dramatic verse, especially for the entrance and exit of the chorus. The distinction is that anapest includes 3 syllables, wherein the first are unstressed and the last one is careworn, in an unstressed/unstressed/confused pattern. . gyeys qge toq tyth vxtie irevs gknl bptwming ifdslb dojws