| Term | Definition |
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| couplet | a 2 line stanza |
| triplet | a 3 line stanza |
| quatrain | a 4 line stanza |
| quintet | a 5 line stanza |
| sestet | a 6 line stanza |
| septet | a 7 line stanza |
| octave | an 8 line stanza |
| nine line stanza, ten line stanza | other stanzas |
| iambic foot | u l ..........a 2 syllable foot with the stress on the second syllable; the most common foot in the English language |
| trochaic foot | I u ..........a 2 syllable foot with the stress on the first syllable |
| pyrric foot | u u ..........2 unstressed syllables; rare; found between other types of feet |
| spondaic foot | I I ..........2 stressed syllables |
| anapestic foot | uuI..........3 syllables with the stress on the last syllable |
| dactylic foot | Iuu..........3 syllables with the stress on the first syllable |
| monometer | 1 foot per line |
| dimeter | 2 feet per line |
| trimeter | 3 feet per line |
| tetrameter | 4 feet per line |
| pentameter | 5 feet per line |
| hexameter | 6 feet per line |
| heptameter | 7 feet per line |
| octameter | 8 feet per line |
Combine with other sets
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