Meter in PoetryBy Justin Yoon and Christo-pher Choi

Introduction

•In poetry, a meter is a recurring pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line. Furthermore, one line has to be within ten syllables.

Foot

•A foot in poetry, is a pair of unstressed and stressed syllables.

EX: • |comPARE|= 1 foot

•{ShallI} {comPARE}{thee TO}{a SUM}{mer’sDAY?} = 5foot

Types of feet

•There are poetry that has the different patterns of stress.

•EX: Iamb (Iambic) Unstressed + Stressed =Two Syllables Trochee (Trochaic) Stressed + Unstressed =Two Syllables Spondee (Spondaic) Stressed + Stressed =Two Syllables Anapest (Anapestic) Unstressed + Unstressed + Stressed

=Three Syllables Dactyl (Dactylic Stressed + Unstressed + Unstressed =

Three Syllables

Total: 5 types of feet

Types of metersMonometer =One Foot Dimeter= Two FeetTrimeter =Three FeetTetrameter =Four FeetPentameter= Five FeetHexameter =Six FeetHeptameter =Seven FeetOctameter =Eight Feet

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A meter is a recurring pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line. There are 8 types of meters and they differ by length.

A foot is a pair of unstressed and stressed syllables and there are five types of feet