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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

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