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A metrical foot is a term used in analyzing lines of poetry, related to stressed and unstressed syllables (sometimes called long and short, or strong and weak, syllables).
If you read a line such as:
"I think that I shall never see,"
you hear 8 syllables, with unstressed and stressed syllables alternating. This is called iambic; each foot of iambic poetry is an unstressed syllable (such as "I") followed by a stressed one (such as "think"). This line has four iambic feet. Note that a foot may be one word, two words, or parts of two words. In this case, the word "never" is split between two feet.
/I think/ that I/ shall ne/ver see
Besides iambic, there are also:
trochaic: stressed plus unstressed
anapestic: two unstressed plus one stressed
dactylic: one stressed plus two unstressed
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What is the metrical foot of three short syllables?
The metrical foot of three short syllables is -r-b-a--
What is the least common metrical foot?
The spondee, with its two long stressed syllables, is the least common metrical foot in the English language.
What is a group of syllables forming a metrical unit called?
A metrical unit having two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable is an anapaest. The word 'cigarette' is an example of an anapaest. The word 'anapaest', however, is not an anapaest. It is a dactyl. And the word 'dactyl' is a trochee (as is the word 'trochee').
What type of metrical foot consist of an unstressed syllable directly followed by a stressed syllable?
The iamb.
What type of metrical foot consists of unstressed syllables directly followed by a stressed syllable?
anapest
WHAT IS AN IAMB AN EXAMPLE OF?
metrical foot
Which gives an example of a type of metrical foot?
iamb :)
What is the metrical foot of three short syllables?
The metrical foot of three short syllables is -r-b-a--
What is the least common metrical foot?
The spondee, with its two long stressed syllables, is the least common metrical foot in the English language.
What is a trope?
A trope is a kind of metrical foot.
What term is defined as a metrical foot that features the use of one stressed syllable and one unstressed syllabe?
The term for a metrical foot with one stressed and one unstressed syllable is an iamb. Each pair of syllables in the word "again" is an example of an iamb: a-GAIN.
Why is the metrical unit a foot Why not a hit for example?
it used to be the king of England's foot, so it kept changing and England adopted the metric system and we tok 1 inches
A metrical set is a pattern of accented and unaccented syllables?
A metrical FOOT (not a metrical set) is a pattern of accented and unaccented syllables, so false.
A group of syllables marked off as a metrical unit?
A "foot" is a group of symbols marked off as a metrical unit, in poetry.
What is a metrical unit represented by stressed and unstressed syllables?
A foot.
Metrical tales example?
Examples of metrical tales are stories like Paradise Lost, The Emigrants, and the Lady of Shallot. A metrical tale is typically a first person narrative and classified as a type of poem.
What is the basic metrical unit of a poem?
The basic metrical unit of a poem is called a foot. It is a combination of stressed and unstressed syllables that form the rhythmic pattern of a poem. Common types of feet include iambs, trochees, anapests, and dactyls.
