Definition: Meter is not how much you run in physical education at school. Meter in a poetry is pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.Examples:
| .........1...............2.................3.....................4......................5 There WAS..|..a TIME..|..when MEAD..|..ow, GROVE,..|..and STREAM, |
Iambic Pentameter |
| .........1................2...............3................4. The EARTH,..|..and EV..|..ry COM..|..mon SIGHT, |
Iambic Tetrameter |
| .....1..............2 To ME..|..did SEEM |
Iambic Dimeter |
| ......1..............2.............3...............4
Ap PAR..|..elled IN..|..cel EST..|..ial LIGHT, |
Iambic Tetrameter |
Significance:
Without meter, we would all read words differently. Meter is there for us to read words or speed in the same way. There are many kinds of meter such as pentameter, tetrameter, dimeter, etc.
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