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".
Trochee
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.
trochee
anapest
The term that defines a metrical foot pattern in poetry featuring one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables is anapaest.
anapest
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."
trochee
No, an iambic foot is made up of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable. It is a common metrical pattern in 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.