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These definitions apply to the number of beats or syllables in a line or word and the way in which we stress certain sounds when we speak.
Accent: A regular recurring stress in a line of poetry.
Anapest: A foot consisting of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable.
Cadence: A recurring rhythmical unit that does not have a strict meter.
Caesura: A natual pause in a line of poetry.
Daetyl: A foot consisting of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables.
Ellision: A deliberate omission of a foot or syllablle to make a line conform to a certain meter.
Foot: A rhythmic unit in a line of poetry usually consisting of two or three syllables.
Lamb: A foot consisting of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one. This is the most common type of foot in poety.
Iambie Pentameter: A meter in which each line consists of five feet eah of which has an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one. This the most common meter in poetry.
Meter: A way of describing rhythm by finding patterns of stresses in words. The meter also measures the rhythm.
Spondee: A foot with two stressed syllables.
Stress: Emphases on a particular syllable of a word.
Trochee: A foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.
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