Amphibrach
An amphibrac is a metrical foot used in formal poetry. It consists of a long syllable[?] between two short syllables.Amphibracs are never used to construct a whole, serious poem. So they mainly occur as variants within, say, an anapaestic structure.
She is dressed in a light summer
glimpse of slender silk-clad ankles. It is a pleasant summer evening,
home darning her husband.html">husband's socks.html">socks, there being so many other interesting
amusedly, seems to wonder at it too. The girl's name is Vivien
widow at present.
VIVIEN. (_enters and lounges against the mantelpiece_) Arthur gone to
darning her husband's socks!
GUENEVERE. Stay here and talk to me--unless you've something else on.
one guess.
GUENEVERE. You can't pretend to be art-ing at this hour of the night.
VIVIEN. I could pretend, but I won't. No, Gwen dear, it's not the
this rigmarole about "pursuit." Say you're in love, like a.
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