| Term | Definition |
|---|
| syllabics | meter that is measured by the number of syllables on each line |
| iamb | short, long |
| trochee | long, short |
| anapest | short, short, long |
| dactyl | long, short, short |
| spondee | long, long |
| pyrrhic | short, short |
| caesura | a pause in the middle of a line of poetry |
| end stopped | lines of poetry that end with punctuation |
| enjambement | when a line of poetry continues to the next without punctuation between |
| catalectic | a missing short syllable at the end of a trochee or dactyl |
| accentual meter | meter that is measured by counting only the stresses syllables |
| accentual-syllabic meter | meter that is measure both by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables and by the number of syllables per line |
| monometer | one foot per line |
| dimeter | two feet per line |
| trimeter | three feet per line |
| tetrameter | four feet per line |
| pentameter | five feet per line |
| substitution | to make a variation in the meter by replacing one foot with another |
Combine with other sets
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