Meter & Rhythm
Anapest
From Greek anapaistos: struck back (the reverse of the dactyl). Favoured in comic verse, marching songs, and Romantic narrative poetry.
Definition
A metrical foot of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable (u u —), producing a galloping rhythm.
Example
Byron's 'The Destruction of Sennacherib': 'The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold.'