definition of the meter literary term

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dimeter
two feet

trimeter
three feet

tetrameter
four feet

pentameter
five feet

hexameter
six feet

heptameter
seven feet

octameter
eight feet

trochaic meter
a foot in poetry having a stressed and then an unstressed beat.

anapestic meter
un-stressed, un-stressed, stressed

dactylic meter
a stressed, un-stressed and then un-stressed

iambic meter
un-stressed, stressed

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