Meter means "measurement", and in this case poetry. A meter is referring to the repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in lines of a poem. The unit of measurement in poetry is a metrical foot. A metrical foot is a set of syllables, usually two or three, with only one receiving a strong stress.
Here are some examples of each pattern and their name plus an example to help you incase you can't grasp onto this.
Trochee 2 syllables; strong weak peacock Iamb 2 syllables; weak strong reprieve Spondee 2 syllables; strong strong Paul's cat
From a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "Metrical Feet: A Lesson for a Boy" "TROCHEE trips from long to short;From long to long in solemn sortSlow Spondee stalks, strong foot!, yet ill ableEver to come up with Dactyl's trisyllable.Iambics march from short to long.With a leap and a bound the swift Anapests throng.One syllable long, with one short at each side,Amphibrachys hastes with a stately stride --First and last being long, middle short, AmphimacerStrikes his thundering hoofs like a proud high-bred Racer."
the answer is 'trochee' from lizthegardener
Pyrrhus (dibrach), iamb, trochee (choree) or spondee
TROCHEE Dave Armson
Ionic meter.
pyrrhus, dibrach
Anapest.
dactly
Iamb
anapest
...Iamb (Iambic)Unstressed + Stressed.........Two Syllables...Trochee (Trochaic)Stressed + Unstressed.........Two Syllables...Spondee (Spondaic)Stressed + Stressed.........Two Syllables...Anapest (Anapestic)Unstressed + Unstressed + Stressed.........Three Syllables...Dactyl (DactylicStressed + Unstressed + Unstressed.........Three Syllables
stressedAnother answer:An iamb is not a syllable. It is a metrical unit comprising two syllables. The first is short or unstressed, and the second is long or stressed. The word 'because' is an example of an iamb.
The first syllable is stressed. The second is unstressed.
Iambic Pentameter.
The anapest.
In that order, that's an 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.
That makes up a kind of metrical foot.
One stressed syllable followed by two unstressed is called a dactyl, and a line of verse written in that style is called dactyllic. Here are the other kinds of metrical feet as well: iamb: unstressed, stressed trochee: stressed, unstressed dactyl: stressed, unstressed, unstressed anapest: unstressed, unstressed, stressed amphibrach: unstressed, stressed, unstressed amphimacer: stressed, unstressed, stressed bacchius: unstressed, stressed, stressed antibacchius: stressed, unstressed, unstressed pyrrhus: unstressed, unstressed spondee: stressed, stressed tribrach: unstressed, unstressed, unstressed molossus: stressed, stressed, stressed
True. The metrical structure of a poem refers to the rhythmic pattern created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in each line of the poem.
anapest
A metrical foot.
The term that defines a metrical foot pattern in poetry featuring one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables is anapaest.
anapest