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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."

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