Types of meters and patterns
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jaaaaackkiieee on April 30, 2009
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13 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 one foot | monometer |
| two feet | dimeter |
| three feet | trimeter |
| four feet | tetrameter |
| five feet | pentameter |
| six feet | hexameter |
| seven feet | heptameter |
| eight feet | octameter |
| iam (iambic) | unstressed-stressed |
| trochee (trochaic) | stressed-unstressed |
| spondee (spondaic) | stressed-stressed |
| anapest (anapestic) | unstressed-unstressed-stressed |
| dactyl (dactylic) | stressed-unstressed-unstressed |
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