pyrrhus or dibrach
anapest
In that order, that's an anapest.
The anapest.
trochee
No, a couplet is a pair of rhymed lines in a poem or verse. A metrical foot is a unit of stressed and unstressed syllables used in metered poetry.
anapest
The term for a metrical foot with one stressed and one unstressed syllable is an iamb. Each pair of syllables in the word "again" is an example of an iamb: a-GAIN.
trochee
trochee
The term is "iamb." It is a metrical foot in poetry consisting of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable, such as in the word "begin."
The term you're looking for is "anapestic meter." In this metrical pattern, each foot consists of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable, creating a rhythm often associated with a lively or playful tone. An example of anapestic meter can be found in the works of poets like Lord Byron and in many children's nursery rhymes.
The definition given does not specify the order of these syllables. If the pattern is one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables, it is a dactyl. If the pattern is two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable, it is an anapest (also spelled "anapaest"). Words that are dactyls include metrical, syllable, merrily, and cinnamon. "What can the matter be?" is a sentence made up of two dactyls. Phrases that are anapests include "go away", "take a bath", "come along", and "fall apart".