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In poetry, meter is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables—the rhythmic “beat” of a line. It’s built from repeating units called feet (e.g., iamb = unstressed‑stressed, trochee = stressed‑unstressed, anapest = unstressed‑unstressed‑stressed, dactyl = stressed‑unstressed‑unstressed), and meters are named by the number of feet per line (e.g., pentameter = five feet). Example: “Shall I / compare / thee to / a sum / mer’s day?” is iambic pentameter.