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Anapaests

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I have been playing around with how I read anapaests, as I try to understand how they fit dramatically. I would think that this should be something close to the real rhythm, but the result seems far too comic to be very accurate.

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Re: Anapaests

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I think the rhythm sounds quite right, not comic, but perhaps a bit fast? Wasn't the anapaest a marching rhythm?
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