Entertainment / Literature / Meter: A recognizable though varying pattern of stressed syllables alternating with syllables of less stress. Compositions written in meter are said to be in verse. There are many possible patterns of verse. Each unit of stress and unstressed syllables is called a 'foot.' The following examples are culled from M. H. Abrams' Glossary of Literary Terms, seventh edition, which has more information. You can also click here to download a PDF handout giving examples of particular types of feet, or click here for a longer PDF handout discussing meter and scansion. Iambic (the noun is 'iamb' or 'iambus'): a lightly stressed syllable followed by a heavily stressed syllable. Example: The c????rfew t????lls the kn???©ll of p????rting d????y. (Thomas Gray, 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.') Anapestic (the noun is 'anapest') two light syllables followed by a stressed syllable: The Assyrian came d????wn like a w????lf on the f????ld. (Lord Byron, 'The Destruction of Sennacherib.') Trochaic (the noun is 'trochee') a stressed followed by a light syllable: Th???©re they ????re, my f???fty men and w????men. Dactylic (the noun is 'dactyl')
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