Meter Flashcards
The three most common types of meter in english poetry?
Accentual Meter, Syllabic meter, and accentual-syllabic mater
Accentual Meter
Stresses are counted, syllables are variable
Syllabic meter
the syllables are counted, the stresses are varied
Accentual-syllabic meter
both the accents and the syllables are measured and counted.
Most dominant metrical form in English poetry
The Accentual-Syllabic Meter
Stress meter
accentual meter
Strong stress meter
accentual meter
Metrical foot
one measure of both syllable and accent in accentual-syllabic meter
Metrical feet
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
Iamb
metrical foot containing two syllables, unstressed-stressed
Trochee
metrical foot containing two syllables: stressed-unstressed. Opposite of an iamb.
Dactyl
metrical foot containing three syllables: stressed-unstressed-unstressed
Anapest
a metrical foot containing 3 syllables: unstressed-unstressed-stressed. Opposite of a dactyl.
Spondee
A metrical foot containing two syllables: stressed-stressed.
Poetic foot
a measured unit of meter
Distich
A rhyming couplet
Blank verse
Unrhymed Iambic Pentameter
Dramatic Speech
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Dimeter
a line of 2 feet
Trimeter
a line of 3 feet
Tetrameter
a line of 4 feet
Pentameter
a line of 5 feet
Hexameter
a line of 6 feet
Iambic line
a line composed of iambs
Iambic meter
meter made up of iambs
Scanning
to determine the metric pattern of a line of poetry by identifying the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables and counting the total number of feet.
Iambic pentameter
a line consisting of 5 iambs, which is 10 syllables, 5 beats
Iambic tetrameter
a line consisting of 4 iambs
iambic trimeter
a line consisting of 3 iambs
Meter
pattern of stresses
Pyrrhic
Metrical foot containing 2 syllables: unstressed-unstressed
Amphibrach
metrical foot of 3 syllables: unstressed-stressed-unstressed
Cretic
metrical foot of 3 syllables: stressed - unstressed - stressed (backwards of amphibrach)
Molossus
Metrical foot of 3 syllables: stressed-stressed-stressed
