Metrical Foot (Noun)
Meaning
(prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- In iambic meter, an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable to form a metrical foot.
- The pattern of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable is called the iambic metrical foot.
- Poets often mix different types of metrical feet to create intricate rhythmic patterns.
- Understanding the different types of metrical feet is crucial to analyzing the rhythm and meter of a poem.
- In anapestic tetrameter, four metrical feet of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable make up the basic rhythm of the poem.