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    What Is Rhythm & Meter?: in Poetry Pre-Measured Patterns of Stressed and Unstressed Syllables Are Called Meters

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    Poetry uses meter, rhythm, and rhyme to create patterns in written verse. A poem is composed of stanzas which can vary in the number of lines and may include a chorus or refrain. The stanzas can use rhyme and rhythm or be in blank verse. Rhythm in poetry is created through patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables called feet, with the most common feet being iamb, trochee, spondee, anapest, and dactyl. The number of feet in each line determines the meter.

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    What Is Rhythm & Meter?: in Poetry Pre-Measured Patterns of Stressed and Unstressed Syllables Are Called Meters

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    Poetry uses meter, rhythm, and rhyme to create patterns in written verse. A poem is composed of stanzas which can vary in the number of lines and may include a chorus or refrain. The stanzas can use rhyme and rhythm or be in blank verse. Rhythm in poetry is created through patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables called feet, with the most common feet being iamb, trochee, spondee, anapest, and dactyl. The number of feet in each line determines the meter.

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    Poetry uses meter, rhythm, and rhyme to create patterns in written verse. A poem is composed of stanzas which can vary in the number of lines and may include a chorus or refrain. The stanzas can use rhyme and rhythm or be in blank verse. Rhythm in poetry is created through patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables called feet, with the most common feet being iamb, trochee, spondee, anapest, and dactyl. The number of feet in each line determines the meter.

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    Poetry is literature in meter form. It is a form of written word that has pattern and rhythm and rhyme.

    It can be serious
    or it can be fun. Poetry is as creative as you make it
    Basic poetry is in verse form, called a stanza, made up of meters created by feet. The amount of lines there are in
    a stanza decides what type of poem is written. There can be more than one stanza to a poem and then for effect throw
    in a chorus and a refrain.
    The stanzas can have rhythm and rhyme or just be a blank verse!
    Take a look at our glossary and you will find an explanation for all sections of poetry.
    Why don't you try writing a poem and enter it into one of our poetry competitions.

    What is Rhythm & Meter?


    Rhythm is the pattern of stresses within a line of verse. All spoken word has a rhythm formed by stressed and
    unstressed syllables. When you write words in a sentence you will notice patterns forming.

    In poetry pre-measured patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables are


    called meters.
     Stressed syllables - long sounding

     Unstressed syllables - short sounding

    Meters are the pattern of feet within a sentence

    Feet are individual units of rhythm made up of patterns of syllables. A sentence is made up of one or more feet.

    There are 5 Rhythms in poetry:

    Foot Type Pattern Example Rhythm


    Iamb unstressed/ stressed Today buh BUH
    Trochee stressed/ unstressed Trochee BUH buh
    Spondee stressed/ stressed hip hop BUH BUH
    Anapest unstressed/ unstressed/ stressed Metaphor buh buh BUH
    Dactyl stressed/ unstressed/ unstressed syllable BUH buh buh

    To form a line of verse a poet can use repetitions of feet:


     Monometer - 1 foot:

     Dimeter - 2 feet:

     Trimeter - 3 feet:

     Tetrameter - 4 feet:

     Pentameter - 5 feet:

     Hexameter - 6 feet:

    Rhythm is a natural effect within poetry. The meter of a sentence and which feet used to make that sentence are
    what give the poem its effect and flow.

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