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Meter
in Poetry
Meter
is the pattern of beats in a line of poetry, a combination of the number of beats and arrangement of stresses
Metrical foot
Iamb
Trochee
Spondee
Anapest
Dactyl
Amphibrach
Pyrrhic
Iamb
A metrical unit where the first syllable is unstressed and the second is
stressed
Trochee
A metrical unit where the first syllable is stressed and the second is
unstressed
Spondee
An arrangement of
two
stressed syllables
Anapest
A metrical unit with two unstressed syllables followed by
one
stressed syllable
Dactyl
A metrical unit with one stressed syllable followed by
two
unstressed syllables
Amphibrach
A metrical unit with
one
stressed syllable between two unstressed syllables
Pyrrhic
A metrical foot with
two
unstressed syllables
Types of
Meter
Monometer
Dimeter
Trimeter
Tetrameter
Pentameter
Hexameter
Heptameter
Octameter
Example of
Iambic Pentameter
in Poetry - "
Sonnet 18
" by William Shakespeare: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Example of
Trochaic Tetrameter
in Poetry - "
The Tyger
" by
William Blake
: Tyger Tyger, burning bright