Meter in Poetry

Cards (12)

  • 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