Anapestic tetrameter

Anapestic tetrameter is a characteristic poetic meter.

In 2369, Data composed a poem in anapestic tetrameter with the following final lines :
 * ''A Sunset Bloom
 * ''Then we sat on the sand for some time and observed
 * ''How the oceans that cover the world were perturbed
 * ''By the tides from the orbiting moon overhead
 * ''"How relaxing the sound of the waves is," you said.


 * ''I began to expound upon tidal effects
 * ''When you asked me to stop, looking somewhat perplexed
 * ''So I did not explain why the sunset turns red
 * ''And we watched the occurrence in silence instead.