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Fundamentals of Poetry

Terms

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hexameter
six foot line
Meter
pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
tetrameter
four foot line
pentameter
five foot line
octometer
eight foot meter
Foot
a unit of meter. A metrical foot can have two or three syllables. A line may have one or more feet.
heptameter
seven foot line
dimeter
two foot line
Stressed/Accented Syllable
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Poetry
a patterned form of verbal or written expression of ideas in concentrated, imaginative, and rhythmical terms.
spondaic foot
stressed/stressed
iambic foot
unstressed/stressed
trimeter
three foot line
Unstressed/Unaccented
dactylic foot
stressed/unstressed/unstressed
monometer
one foot line
pyrrhic foot
unstressed/unstressed
anapestic foot
unstressed/unstressed/stressed
trochaic foot
stress/unstressed

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