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The basic unit of meter is the foot. A metrical foot usually (though not always) consists of one accented syllable and one or two slack syllables. There are other types of feet, but the feet most commonly used in English poetry are as follows:
iamb-- x / . . . . . . . . . (adjective form = iambic)
trochee-- / x . . . . . . . . (adjective form = trochaic)
anapest-- x x / . . . . . . . (adjective form = anapestic)
dactyl-- / x x . . . . . . . . (adjective form = dactylic)
pyrrhic-- x x . . . . . . . . (adjective form = pyrrhic)
spondee-- / / . . . . . . . . (adjective form = spondaic)
The metrical pattern of a poem depends not only on the poem's most commonly used foot, but on the number of feet per line. The following lines (with an approximate pronunciation guide, based on what is possible at this site) are the ones most commonly used in English poetry:
dimeter (DIM a ter)--two feet per line
trimeter (TRIM a ter)--three feet per line
tetrameter (teh TRAM a ter)--four feet per line
pentameter (pen TAM a ter)--five feet per line
hexameter (hex AM a ter)--six feet per line
heptameter (hep TAM a ter)--seven feet per line
octameter (ahk TAM a ter)--eight feet per line
Rachel Medhurst
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What is anapestic-tetrameter?
Anapestic-tetrameter is a poetic meter that contains four anapestic feet per line. An anapest is two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable.
Is the poem Azure and Gold by Amy Lowell trochee or iambic or anapestic?
it is mostly amphibrachic, with some anapestic lines.
What is the opposite of trochaic meter?
anapestic
Does Anapestic feet have three feet?
Not necessarily.
An example of an anapestic poem?
All limericks are anapestic. Additionally, most of Suess's work is specfically anapestic tetrameter, like "The Zax" and "Yertle the Turtle," as is Charles Clement Moore's "The Night Before Christmas." Interestingly enough, "Dazed and Confused" by Led Zeppelin also seems to be almost entirely anapestic tetrameter as well.
What is anapestic of the arts?
adriel atea blossm white
Which is the opposite of dactylic meter?
the opposite is the anapaest
What is an anapestic?
An anapestic is a metrical foot in poetry consisting of two short or unstressed syllables followed by one long or stressed syllable (da-da-DUM). It is commonly found in limericks and comic verse, giving a playful and rhythmic quality to the poetry.
What is the metrical device for the line they also serve who only stand and wait?
anapestic
How many syllables per line are in something written in anapestic hexameter?
Eighteen
What is an anapestic pentameter?
Anapestic - is a "foot" (beat) comprising three syllables - dit dit DAH"First two UNstressed, the LAST one is STRESSED".That's anapestic trimeter right there.But, Pentameter defines that there will be 5(penta) feet (meters) in the line.dit dit DAH dit dit DAH dit dit DAH dit dit DAH dit dit DAH
Are the triple meters anapestic and iambic?
Anapestic meter consists of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable (ex: "in the GARden"). Iambic meter consists of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable (ex: "to BE or NOT to BE"). Triple meters are typically dactylic (three-syllable feet with one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables) rather than anapestic or iambic.
