Dr Seuss remains one of my favorite authors-- The Butter Battle Book, The Lorax, and The Sneetches top my personal list. Seuss was brilliant-- happy birthday.
"Anapestic tetrameter consists of four rhythmic units, anapests, each composed of two weak beats followed by one strong beat; often, the first weak syllable is omitted, or an additional weak syllable is added at the end."
"Lord Byron's epic Don Juan, for example, contains much anapestic tetrameter."
| x | x | / | x | x | / | x | x | / | x | x | / |
| And | to- | day | the | Great | Yer- | tle, | that | Mar- | vel | ous | he |
| x | / | x | x | / | x | x | / | x | x | / | |
| Is | King | of | the | Mud. | That | is | all | he | can | see |
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