What does anacrusis mean?
Anacrusis means (prosody) An unstressed syllable at the start of a verse..
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/anəˈkɹuːsɪs/ · noun
(prosody) An unstressed syllable at the start of a verse..
Then Etheridge poised his baton, jerked an upbeat, and made the violinists speak the low G and A of their anacrusis.
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Anacrusis means (prosody) An unstressed syllable at the start of a verse..
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Then Etheridge poised his baton, jerked an upbeat, and made the violinists speak the low G and A of their anacrusis.
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