Meter = rhythm in poetry

Foot = one unit of meter

BASIC FEET

TWO SYLLABLE FEET =

IAMBIC

_ /

RE TURN

RE NEE

TROCHAIC

/ _

WIN TER

CAR LOS

THREE SYLLABLE FEET =

ANAPESTIC

_ _ /

IN TER RUPT

UN DER STAND

DACTYLIC

/ _ _

MUR MUR ING

HEN DER SON

SPECIAL FEET =

SPONDAIC

/ /

PEN GUIN

SEA GULL

PYRRHIC

_ _

IN THE

WITH A

AMPHIBRACH

_ / _

WHAT EV ER

AMPHIMACER

/ _ /

TWEN TY-TWO

BASIC METERS

MONOMETER

DIMETER

TRIMETER

TETRAMETER

PENTAMETER

HEXAMETER

HEPTAMETER

OCTOMETER

 

Spot in Canterbury Cathedral where Thomas a Beckett was murdered.

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