Types of Meter Flashcards
1
Q
metrical feet
A
the pattern of how a group of syllables is presented
2
Q
iamb u/:
A
unstressed/stressed
3
Q
anapest u u/:
A
unstressed/unstressed/stressed
4
Q
trochee /u:
A
stressed/unstressed
5
Q
dactyl /u u:
A
stressed/unstressed/unstressed (opposite of anapest)
6
Q
spondee //:
A
stressed/stressed
- no poems are written in just spondee
- usually used in the middle of a line
7
Q
number of feet
A
- two = di=dimeter
- three = tri=trimeter
- four = tetra=tetrameter
- five = penta=pentameter
- six = hex=hexameter
- seven = hep=heptameter
- height = oct=octameter
8
Q
u / u / u /
A
iambic pentameter
9
Q
/ u u / u u
A
dactyl tetrameter
10
Q
u / u / u / u
A
iambic heptameter
11
Q
/ u / u
A
trochaic tetrameter
12
Q
deal with three syllables instead of two
A
anapest and dactyl
13
Q
u / u / u
A
iambic tetrameter
14
Q
unstressed followed by stressed
A
iamb
15
Q
metrical feet
A
stressed and unstressed
