Poetry Meter Stanza

the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry. (the rhythm)

• beat
• meter
• poetry
• rhyme

The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry. 

• rhythm
• meter
• stanza
• tone

A unified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem. 

• verse
• alliteration
• stanza
• enjambment

anapest or anapestic

• unstressed stressed
• stressed unstressed
• unstressed unstressed stressed
• stressed unstressed unstressed

trochee or trochaic 

• unstressed stressed
• stressed unstressed
• unstressed unstressed stressed
• stressed unstressed unstressed

dactyl or dactyllic

• unstressed stressed
• stressed unstressed
• unstressed stressed stressed
• stressed unstressed unstressed

Iambic

• unstressed stressed
• stressed unstressed
• unstressed unstressed stressed
• stressed unstressed unstressed

a metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one ( / u )

• anapest
• dactyl
• iamb
• trochee

a metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one ( u / )

• anapest
• dactyl
• iamb
• trochee

a metrical foot consisting of two stressed syllables followed by an unstressed one ( / / U )

• anapest
• dactyl
• iamb
• trochee