This is known as a dactyl.
This metrical foot pattern is known as anapest. It is commonly found in many forms of poetry and creates a flowing and upbeat rhythm. An example of an anapestic phrase is "in the NIGHT."
spondee
the iamb
Iambus
anapest
spondee
anapest
dactyl
anapest
anapest
pyrrhus or dibrach
anapest
In that order, that's an anapest.
The term that defines a metrical foot pattern in poetry featuring one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables is anapaest.
The anapest.
No, a couplet is a pair of rhymed lines in a poem or verse. A metrical foot is a unit of stressed and unstressed syllables used in metered poetry.
trochee
A foot.
dactyl
The term is "iamb." It is a metrical foot in poetry consisting of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable, such as in the word "begin."
The definition given does not specify the order of these syllables. If the pattern is one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables, it is a dactyl. If the pattern is two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable, it is an anapest (also spelled "anapaest"). Words that are dactyls include metrical, syllable, merrily, and cinnamon. "What can the matter be?" is a sentence made up of two dactyls. Phrases that are anapests include "go away", "take a bath", "come along", and "fall apart".