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11 Terms

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Iambic

A metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (u /).

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Trochaic

A metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable (/ u).

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Anapestic

A metrical foot consisting of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable (u u /).

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Dactylic

A metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables (/ u u).

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Pyrrhic

A metrical foot consisting of two unstressed syllables (u u).

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Spondee

A metrical foot consisting of two stressed syllables (/ /).

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Dimeter

A line of verse consisting of two metrical feet.

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Trimeter

A line of verse consisting of three metrical feet.

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Tetrameter

A line of verse consisting of four metrical feet.

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Pentameter

A line of verse consisting of five metrical feet.

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Hexameter

A line of verse consisting of six metrical feet.