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Anacrusis
Anacrusis, in music or poetry, is a word for the lead-in syllables or notes that precede the first full measure.
Anacrusis[?] is also the name of a progressive metal band.
In the Star Spangled Banner, the word Oh in the first line is in anacrusis in both the music and the anapestic meter of the poem:
x / x x / x x / x x / Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light. . .
Anacrusis[?] is also the name of a progressive metal band.
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