trochee
The anapest.
A foot.
iamb
iamb
That's an iamb.
The anapest.
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
trochee
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."
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
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.
In that order, that's an anapest.
dactyl
A foot.
Iambic. An iamb, or iambus, consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one. A trochee consists of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one. Take your pick!
iamb