2. trochaic trochee (the stressed syllable is followed by the unstressed one) /x 3. dactylic dactyl (1 stressed syllable is followed by 2 unstressed) /xx 4. amphibrachic amphibrach (1 stressed syllable between 2 unstressed ones) x / x 5. anapaestic anapaest (2 unstressed syllables followed by 1 stressed) xx/ monometer - 1 foot; dimetre - 2 feet; trimetre - 3 feet; tetrametre - 4 feet; pentametre - 5 feet; hexametre - 6 feet; eptametre -7 feet; octametre - 8 feet.
1. iambic iambus (1 unstressed and 1 stressed syllable), 2. trochaic trochee (the stressed syllable is followed by the unstressed one), 3. dactylic dactyl (1 stressed syllable is followed by 2 unstressed), 4. amphibrachic amphibrach (1 stressed syllable between 2 unstressed ones), 5. anapaestic anapaest (2 unstressed syllables followed by 1 stressed). Monometer - 1 foot; dimetre - 2 feet; trimetre - 3 feet; tetrametre - 4 feet; pentametre - 5 feet; hexametre - 6 feet; septametre -7 feet; octametre - 8 feet. MODIFICATIONS OF METRE Changes in the metrical pattern may be unintentional and deliberate. deliberate There are classes of words (articles, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, link verbs) that are normally unstressed. 1
si-lent-ly | pre-sent-ly * amphibrach or amphibrachic foot v / v | v / v I hate you | pre-ten-ding * anapaest or anapaestic foot v v / in the sun monometer 1 foot dimetre 2 feet trimetre 3 feet tetrametre 4 feet pentametre 5 feet hexametre 6 feet septametre 7 feet octametre 8 feet MODIFICATIONS OF METRE * pyrrhic foot v v * spondee / / * rhythmic inversion /v|v/| v/ (trochee in iambic line or vise versa)
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