A line of five metrical feet where the pattern is stressed-unstressed-unstressed (′∪∪), the reverse of a dactyl and a common name for the anapest (∪∪′): e.g., ∪∪′∪∪′∪∪′∪∪′∪∪′ (five anapestic feet).; "When the night is old and the wind is low on the sea." (A line with five anapests, which is a common way to describe this meter, though the term itself is more of a descriptive reversal).; The meter found in some lines of Byron's "The Destruction of Sennacherib" or the rhythm of some Dr. Seuss books, extended to five feet: "The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold." (approximate); A long, driving line where the da-da-DUM rhythm is repeated five times.