Poetic Meter
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Monometer
A line of poetry with just one metrical foot.
Dimeter
A line of poetry with two metrical feet.
Trimeter
A line of poetry with three metrical feet.
Tetrameter
A line of poetry with four metrical feet.
Pentameter
A line of poetry with five metrical feet.
Hexameter
A line of poetry with six metrical feet.
Heptameter
A line of poetry with seven metrical feet.
Iambic Meter
A metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
Trochaic Meter
A metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.
Dactylic Meter
A metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables.
Anapestic Meter
A metrical foot consisting of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable.
Spondaic Meter
A metrical foot consisting of two stressed syllables.
Pure Meter
Poetry that strictly follows a specific metrical pattern.
Impure Meter
Poetry that does not strictly follow one metrical pattern.
Catalexis
The omission of a syllable in the final foot of a line.
Hypercatalexis
The addition of an extra syllable in a metrical line.
Anacrusis
Extra syllables added at the beginning of a line.
Lame Foot
A foot in a poetic line that does not conform to the established meter.
Masculine Rhyme
A rhyme that occurs on the final stressed syllable of words.
Feminine Rhyme
A rhyme that occurs on an unstressed syllable.
Slant Rhyme (Half Rhyme)
A rhyme in which the sounds are similar but not identical.
Internal Rhyme
A rhyme that occurs within a single line of poetry.
End-Stopped Line
A poetic line that concludes with a punctuation mark.
Enjambment
A poetic line that continues onto the next line without a pause.
Syntax
The arrangement of words and phrases in poetry.
Repetition
The use of recurring words or phrases for emphasis.
Anaphora
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines.
Alliteration
The repetition of the initial consonant sounds in closely positioned words.
Consonance
The repetition of consonant sounds in close proximity.
Assonance
The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words.
Personification
The attribution of human qualities to non-human objects.
Conceit
An extended metaphor that compares vastly different things.
Allusion: A reference to a well-known literary work, event, or figure.