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Anacrusis   Listen
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Anacrusis  n.  (Pros.) A prefix of one or two unaccented syllables to a verse properly beginning with an accented syllable.






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... measure used in the present translation is believed to be as near a reproduction of the original as modern English affords.... The four stresses of the Anglo-Saxon verse are retained, and as much thesis and anacrusis is allowed as is consistent with a regular cadence. Alliteration has been used to a large extent; but it was thought that modern ears would hardly tolerate it in every line. End-rhyme has been used ...
— The Translations of Beowulf - A Critical Biography • Chauncey Brewster Tinker



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