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In poetry, meter is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that creates the rhythmic “beat” of a line. Meter is built from feet (a repeated unit of one or more syllables), and lines are described by the type of foot plus the number of feet.
Common feet:
- Iamb (unstressed → stressed: da-DUM) — e.g., reTURN
- Trochee (stressed → unstressed: DUM-da) — e.g., GARden
- Anapest (da-da-DUM) — e.g., in the BLINK
- Dactyl (DUM-da-da) — e.g., CAREful-ly
- Spondee (DUM-DUM) — two stressed syllables
Common line lengths:
- Monometer (1 foot), dimeter (2), trimeter (3), tetrameter (4), pentameter (5), etc.
Examples:
- Iambic pentameter (five iambs): “Shall I comPARE thee TO a SUMmer’s DAY?”
- Trochaic tetrameter (four trochees): “TYger! TYger! BURNing BRIGHT”
To scan a line: mark stressed vs. unstressed syllables, divide into feet, identify the foot type and count. Note that many poems vary feet, use substitutions, or are free verse (no regular meter).
Common feet:
- Iamb (unstressed → stressed: da-DUM) — e.g., reTURN
- Trochee (stressed → unstressed: DUM-da) — e.g., GARden
- Anapest (da-da-DUM) — e.g., in the BLINK
- Dactyl (DUM-da-da) — e.g., CAREful-ly
- Spondee (DUM-DUM) — two stressed syllables
Common line lengths:
- Monometer (1 foot), dimeter (2), trimeter (3), tetrameter (4), pentameter (5), etc.
Examples:
- Iambic pentameter (five iambs): “Shall I comPARE thee TO a SUMmer’s DAY?”
- Trochaic tetrameter (four trochees): “TYger! TYger! BURNing BRIGHT”
To scan a line: mark stressed vs. unstressed syllables, divide into feet, identify the foot type and count. Note that many poems vary feet, use substitutions, or are free verse (no regular meter).
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