Perceptive observers will notice that the anapest generator is running in an iframe. Without further delay, here’s what I came up with: That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host with their banners at sunset were seen: Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold,Īnd his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold Īnd the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, Perhaps the most famous example of an anapestic poem (also mentioned in my article on poetry) is Lord Byron’s “ The Destruction of Sennacherib”. Could the pen really write with the might of the sword?Īn anapest, or anapestic meter, is a metrical foot consisting of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed one. I decided to make an anapest generator with a rhyme! It’s a JavaScript poetry generator using an anapest, that is, a poem with anapestic meter. If you liked that, you’re gonna love today’s article. My JavaScript iambic pentameter generator is among the most popular articles on this blog.