meter

meter

the repetition of a regular rhythmic unit in a line of poetry. Emphasizes the musical quality of the language and often relates directly to the subject matter of the poem.

iambic pentameter

a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short syllable followed by one long.

poetic foot

a group of syllables in verse usually consisting of one accented syllable and one or two unaccented syllables associated with it

rhythm

the recurrence of stressed and unstressed syllables. the presence of rhythmic patterns lends both pleasure and heightened emotional responses to the listener or reader

scansion

a system for describing the meter of a poem by identifying the number and the type(s) of feet per line