Meter Flashcards
(6 cards)
1
Q
the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables
A
Meter
2
Q
refers to the specific combination of two or three stressed and/or unstressed syllables that repeats throughout the poem’s lines
A
Poetic foot
3
Q
consisting of one unstressed and one stressed syllable
A
Iambic foot
4
Q
if a line of a poem consists of five iambs
A
Iambic pentameter
5
Q
has one stressed then two unstressed syllables
A
Dactylic foot
6
Q
two unstressed syllables. A poet may vary the
poetic foot in isolated instances in a metered poem
A
Pyrrhic foot
