Meter & Rhythm
Meter
From Greek metron: measure. Quantitative metre (long/short syllables) governed Greek and Latin poetry; stress-based accentual-syllabic metre developed in medieval and Renaissance English.
Definition
The systematic arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse, creating a recurring rhythmic pattern.
Example
Iambic pentameter, dactylic hexameter, trochaic tetrameter, anapestic trimeter.