The meaning of Anacrusis
Anacrusis – definition
nounOne or more unstressed syllables at the beginning of a verse.
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Coleridge seems not to have noticed that the tenth line is actually a heptameter - unless one were …nounOne or more unstressed notes before the first bar line of a piece or passage.
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Word origin
mid 19th century: modern Latin, from Greek anakrousis ‘prelude’, from ana- ‘up’ + krousis, from krouein ‘to strike’.
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