PROSODY The Foot is measured according to the number of its stressed and unstressed syllables. The stressed syllables are marked with an acute accent ( ) or a prime mark ( ' ) and the ’ Foot unstressed syllables with a small superscript line (––), a small a superscript degree “x,” symbol ( ° ) or a short accent mark, or ( ). A virgule ( / ) can be used to separate “breve” The feet in a line. Iamb iambic to-dáy ( - ) ’ Trochee trochaic bró-ther ( - ) ’ Anapest anapestic in-ter-céde ( - - ) ’ Dactyl dactyllic yés-ter-day ( - - ) ’ Spondee spondaic óh, nó ( ) ’ ’ Pyrric pyrric ...of a... ( - - ) (Amphibrach) (amphibrachic) chi-cá-go ( - - ) ’ (Bacchus) (bacchic) a bránd néw car ( - ) ’ ’ (Amphímacer) (amphímacratic ?) lóve is bést ( - ) ’ ’ Monómeter 1 I” “Thus Dímeter the treasure” feet 2 “Rich Trímeter sword, a horse, a shield” 3 “A Tetrámeter in his anger now he rides” 4 “And metrical Pentámeter forth thy sword, thou mighty man-at-arms” 5 “Draw Hexámeter foes have slain themselves, with whom he should contend.” 6 “His Heptámeter not a joy the world can give like that it takes away.” 7 “There's Octámeter I sit down to reason, think to take my stand nor swerve,” 8 “When Nonámeter Virgil, thou that sing'st 's lofty temples robed with fire,” 9 “Roman special Heroic meter Iambic pentameter Long meter Iambic tetrameter Alexandrine One line of iambic hexameter
PROSODY The Foot The Foot is measured according to the number of its stressed and unstressed syllables. The stressed syllables are marked with an acute accent ( ’ ) or a prime mark ( ' ) and the unstressed syllables with a small superscript line (––), a small “x,” a superscript degree symbol ( ° ) or a short accent mark, or “breve” ( ). A virgule ( / ) can be used to separate feet in a line. Iamb iambic ( - ’ ) to-dáy Trochee trochaic ( ’ - ) bró-ther Anapest anapestic ( - - ’ ) in-ter-céde Dactyl dactyllic ( ’ - - ) yés-ter-day Spondee spondaic ( ’ ’ ) óh, nó Pyrric pyrric ( - - ) ...of a... (Amphibrach) (amphibrachic) ( - ’ - ) chi-cá-go (Bacchus) (bacchic) ( - ’ ’ ) a bránd néw car (Amphímacer) (amphímacratic ?) ( ’ - ’ ) lóve is bést metrical feet 1 Monómeter “Thus I” 2 Dímeter “Rich the treasure” 3 Trímeter “A sword, a horse, a shield” 4 Tetrámeter “And in his anger now he rides” 5 Pentámeter “Draw forth thy sword, thou mighty man-at-arms” 6 Hexámeter “His foes have slain themselves, with whom he should contend.” 7 Heptámeter “There's not a joy the world can give like that it takes away.” 8 Octámeter “When I sit down to reason, think to take my stand nor swerve,” 9 Nonámeter “Roman Virgil, thou that sing'st 's lofty temples robed with fire,” special Heroic meter Iambic pentameter Long meter Iambic tetrameter Alexandrine One line of iambic hexameter