Associations to the word «Anacrusis»

Wiktionary

ANACRUSIS, noun. (prosody) An unstressed syllable at the start of a verse.
ANACRUSIS, noun. (music) An unstressed note or notes before the first strong beat (or downbeat) of a phrase.

Wise words

Don't you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment?
Aeschylus