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(ANAPESTIC TETRAMETER AND TRMETER alternaely, with an “Iambic lead”)
“Banjo” Paterson used an anapaestic lead into iambic in the first 3 of the 4 lines below —
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There was move- ment at the stat- ion for the word had passed a-round
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That the colt from old Re-gret had got a-way
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And had joined the wild bush hors- es; he was worth a thous- sand pound.
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So all the cracks had gath- ered to the fray.

THIS IS RISING RHYTHM. THE FIRST 3 LINES IN ALTERNATING IAMBIC HEPTAMETER AND IAMBIC PENTAMETER, with an “anapaestic
lead” — the fourth line is simply IAMBIC PENTAMETER, which makes an interesting contrast in the rhythm.

a|b

Part IV: More on Meter

continues next month

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