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    The document defines various metrical feet used in poetry based on patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables, including iamb, trochee, spondee, anapest, dactyl, amphibrach, and pyrrhic feet. It notes the name, stress pattern, and syllable count of each foot, and explains how lines of poetry are named based on the type of foot used and the number of feet per line, such as iambic pentameter for lines with five iambs.

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    The document defines various metrical feet used in poetry based on patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables, including iamb, trochee, spondee, anapest, dactyl, amphibrach, and pyrrhic feet. It notes the name, stress pattern, and syllable count of each foot, and explains how lines of poetry are named based on the type of foot used and the number of feet per line, such as iambic pentameter for lines with five iambs.

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    Foot Type Style Stress Pattern Syllable Count

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    The document defines various metrical feet used in poetry based on patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables, including iamb, trochee, spondee, anapest, dactyl, amphibrach, and pyrrhic feet. It notes the name, stress pattern, and syllable count of each foot, and explains how lines of poetry are named based on the type of foot used and the number of feet per line, such as iambic pentameter for lines with five iambs.

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    Foot type

    Style

    Stress pattern

    Syllable count

    Iamb

    Iambic

    Unstressed + Stressed

    Two

    Trochee

    Trochaic

    Stressed + Unstressed

    Two

    Spondee

    Spondaic

    Stressed + Stressed

    Two

    Anapest

    Anapestic

    Unstressed + Unstressed + Stressed Three

    Dactyl

    Dactylic

    Stressed + Unstressed + Unstressed Three

    Amphibrach Amphibrachic Unstressed + Stressed + Unstressed Three

    Pyrrhic

    Pyrrhic

    Unstressed + Unstressed

    Two

    If there is one foot, it's called monometer; two feet, dimeter; three is trimeter; four is tetrameter; five is pentameter; six is hexameter, seven is heptameter and eight is octameter. For example, if the feet are iambs, and if there are five feet to a line, then it's called iambic pentameter. it's dactylic hexameter.
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    If the feet are primarily dactyls and there are six to a line, then

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