抑よく々よく揚よう格かく

noun

anapest; anapaest

A metrical foot in poetry consisting of two short syllables followed by one long syllable (or two unstressed followed by one stressed). This is a technical term used in classical prosody and literary analysis.

• 「抑々よくよく揚よう格かく」は、英えい語ご詩しの韻いん律りつ分ぶん析せきで使つかわれる用よう語ごだ。

  '抑々揚格' is a term used in the metrical analysis of English poetry.