1. anacreontic - Noun
2. anacreontic - Adjective
Pertaining to, after the manner of, or in the meter of, the Greek poet Anacreon; amatory and convivial.
A poem after the manner of Anacreon; a sprightly little poem in praise of love and wine.
Source: Webster's dictionaryMuch of the idea of the poem, including the flag imagery and some of the wording, is derived from an earlier song by Key, also set to the tune of " The Anacreontic Song ". Source: Internet
" To Anacreon in Heaven " (or "The Anacreontic Song"), with various lyrics, was already popular in the United States. Source: Internet
The tune was hatched as the “Anacreontic Song” in eighteenth-century England: a drinking song for empire-building elites. Source: Internet