Poetic Meter
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Kelly_Satya Plus on May 31, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Meter | A recurring pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in lines of a set length. |
| Rhythm | Adherence and deviation from standard meter. A poem's musicality. |
| Foot | Usually made up of two syllables and sometimes three. |
| Iamb (Iambic) | A foot made up of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. |
| Trochee (Trochaic) | A foot made up of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable. |
| Spondee (Spondaic) | A foot made up of two stressed syllables. |
| Anapest (Anapestic) | A foot made up of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable. |
| Dactyl (Dactylic) | A foot made up of a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables. |
| Pyrrhic | A foot made up of two unstressed syllables. |
| Monometer | One foot |
| Dimeter | Two feet |
| Trimeter | Three feet |
| Tetrameter | Four feet |
| Pentameter | Five feet |
| Hexameter | Six feet |
| Heptameter | Seven feet |
| Octameter | Eight feet |
| Catalexis (catalectic) | An incomplete foot at the end of a line. |
| Acatalexis (acatalectic) | A complete foot at the end of a line. |
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