| Kinds of Feet: Anapestic |
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| 4. Anapest/
anapestic unstressed unstressed |
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| stressed |
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| 'Twas the night
before Christmas and all through |
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| the house, |
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| Not a creature
was stirring, not even a mouse. |
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| The stockings
were hung by the chimney with |
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| care, |
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| In hopes that
Saint Nicholas soon would be there. |
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| n | Say this aloud
and mark the stressed syllables. |
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