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