Amphibrach: A foot that consists of a stressed syllable between two unstressed syllables. This meter is most commonly seen in limericks. There ONCE was a HAPpy young PASTor.
Anapest: A foot that consists of two unstressed syllables followed by a long syllable such as Double UP double DOWN.
Choriamb: A foot that consists of four syllables: stressed,-unstressed,-unstressed,-stressed such as FIGHT for your RIGHTS.
Dactyl: A foot that consists of a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables. HAPpily
Dimeter: A meter that consists of two feet.
Elegiac Meter: A meter that consists of two lines (a couplet) the first in dactylic hexameter and the second in dactylic pentameter.
Heptameter: A meter that consists of seven feet
Hexameter: A meter that consists of six feet
Iamb: A foot comprising an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable such as TYrant. This is the most commonly used foot in English poetic meter.
Iambic Pentameter: A meter that consists of five feet of iambs. This is the meter common to sonnets, epics and Shakespearian plays.
Molossus: A foot that consists of three stressed syllables such as SHORT SHARP SHOCK.
Octameter: A meter that consists of eight feet
Pentameter: A meter that consists of five feet
Tetrameter: A meter that consists of four feet
Trimeter: A meter that consists of three feet
Trochee: A foot that consists of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable such as PLAYpen.
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