meters, feet and deciding temp and rhythm

skibidi

metrical meter

An iamb

two-syllable metrical pattern in which one unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable, most popular

A trochee

two-syllable metrical pattern in poetry in which a stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed syllable.

An anapest

three-syllable metrical pattern in poetry in which two unstressed syllables are followed by a stressed syllable, lightness and speed

A dactyl

three-syllable metrical pattern in poetry in which a stressed syllable is followed by two unstressed syllables, weariness

A spondee

two-syllable metrical pattern in poetry in which both syllables are stressed

A pyrrhic foot

consisting of two unaccented or short syllables

rising feet

iamb, anapest

falling feet

dactyl, trochee

monometer

line of poetry with only one metrical foot

emphasize isolation, finality, or emotional intensity through their brevity

dimeter

line of poetry containing 4 syllables, or 2 metrical feet

trimeter

line of poetry containing 6 syllables or 3 metrical feet per line

tetrameter

line of poetry containing 8 syllables or 4 metrical feet per line

pentameter

line of poetry containing 10 syllables or 5 metrical feet per line

meter

distinct pattern or blueprint of repeating stressed or unstressed syllables

rhythm

flowstate or pacing reached when words are spoken

diaeresis

mark placed over noun to show it should be pronounced as a separate syllable

hiatus

break in sound between two vowels that occur together without an intervening consonant, both vowels being clearly enunciated

free verse

nonmetrical, non rhyming verse, that match natural rhythms of speech

blank verse

unrhymed, metrical verse

follows an iambic pentameter pattern

alexandrine

line with 12 syllables or 6 iambs, with a central caesura (break)

enjambment

line cut off before natural stopping point; creates momentum

end stopped

end of line marked with punctuation (full-stop, dash, comma, semicolon; marks end of a thought)

caesura

natural or forced break in between syllables, breaks regularity of a metric pattern; forces refection