Syllable Count

2

There is a famous Peanuts cartoon where Snoopy, writing a Haiku, gets into an argument with Woodstock. After much debate (and # and ! symbols from woodstock) its decided two is the correct anwser.

"Sheep" has one syllable.

There are 2 syllables in the word robot. Ro is the first syllable, and bot is the other.

2 - fire / works

Some people might pronounce the whole word with 3 syllables, and the "fire" with 2 syllables - e.g. "fi -er-works"

4, sol/i/tar/y

personality

The word launch has one syllable.

There are two syllables. (des-sert)

2 (vol-ume)

Two: du-el

...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

They are simply there to separate the syllables.

The word fortification has five syllables. (For-ti-fi-ca-tion)

The word favor has two syllables. (Fa-vor)

Pail is a monosyllable.

It has five syllables.

The word devastated has four syllables. (Dev-a-stat-ed)

There is 1 syllable.

two

There are two syllables. Know-ing.

5.

Second.

Three. Cal-i-co.

There are three syllables in the word 'victory'.

There are three syllables like so: un-i-verse.