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Iamb
A metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
Trochee
A metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.
Anapest
A metrical foot consisting of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable.
Dactyl
A metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables.
Spondee
A metrical foot consisting of two stressed syllables.
Pyrrhic
A metrical foot consisting of two unstressed syllables.
Monometer
A poem with one metrical foot.
Dimeter
A poem with two metrical feet.
Trimeter
A poem with three metrical feet.
Tetrameter
A poem with four metrical feet.
Pentameter
A poem with five metrical feet.
Hexameter
A poem with six metrical feet.
Heptameter
A poem with seven metrical feet.
Octameter
A poem with eight metrical feet.
Nonameter
A poem with nine metrical feet.
Couplet
A stanza consisting of two lines.
Tercet
A stanza consisting of three lines.
Quatrain
A stanza consisting of four lines.
Cinquain
A stanza consisting of five lines.
Sestet
A stanza consisting of six lines.
Septet
A stanza consisting of seven lines.
Octave
A stanza consisting of eight lines.
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