Metre and Rhythm Flashcards
What are the characteristics of iambic feet?
An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
What are the characteristics of trochaic feet?
A stressed syllable followed by an unsrtessed syllable
What are the characteristics of spondaic feet?
Two stressed syllables
What are the characteristics of pyrrhic feet?
Two unstressed syllables
What are the characteristics of anapaestic feet?
Two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable
What are the characteristics of dactylic feet?
A stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables
What are the characteristics of amphibrachic feet?
Unstressed -> stressed -> unstressed syllables
How many feet are in a monometer?
One
How many feet are in a tetrameter?
Four
How many feet are in a dimeter?
Two
How many feet are in a hexameter?
Six
How many feet are in a heptameter?
Seven
How many feet are in an octameter?
Eight
What is metre?
The sequence of stressed and unstressed syllables
What two things are required to properly describe a poem’s meter?
The metric foot and the number of feet per line (e.g. iambic pentameter is five feet consisting of a stressed followed by an unstressed syllable per foot.)
