The anapest divides two of them in the middle; the amphibrach will so divide eight.
A line of spondees is rarely found in our English because a succession of accented syllables is almost impossible with us and the amphimacer and amphibrach are seldom more than secondary feet in a dactyllic or anapestic line.
The Amphibrachis a foot of three syllables, the first and third short, and the second long.
But these lines are of the high burlesque kind, and in this stile the Amphibrach closes lines with great beauty.
