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Rhythm and Meter in English Poetry

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Discusses the terminology needed to understand rhythm and meter in English poetry including the following terms: stressed and unstressed syllables, iambs, trochees, spondees, anapests, dactyls, monometer, dimeter, trimeter, tetrameter, pentameter, hexameter, heptameter, and octameter. Some examples of most of the terms are given as well.

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Concepts
poetry, rhythm
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anapests, dactyls, dimeter, heptameter, hexameter, iambs, monometer, octameter, pentameter, poem, poetic rhythm, spondees, stressed and unstressed syllables, tetrameter, trimeter, trochees, english poetry, meter
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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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