Meter Facts
A metrical foot consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable.
Iamb
A particular number of syllables found in a single line of poetry.
Meter
A metrical foot consisting of one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable.
Trochaic Octameter
“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”
Iambic Pentameter
A type of meter that contains five iambs per line.
Iambic Pentameter
A line of poetry with six metrical feet.
Dactylic Hexameter
“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,”
Trochaic Octameter
Stressed syllables coming at regular intervals.
Qualitative Meter
A three-syllable metrical pattern in poetry in which two unstressed syllables are followed by a stressed syllable.
Anapestic Tetrameter
“Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.”
Anapestic Tetrameter
Built on patterns based on syllable weight.
Quantitive Meter
Type of meter commonly utilized by William Shakespeare.
Unrhymed Iambic Pentameter