metrical foot

Noun
  1. (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm (synset 107109509)
    referred to in: metrics, prosody - the study of poetic meter and the art of versification
    is a type of: beat, cadence, measure, meter, metre - (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
    subtypes:
    • dactyl - a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables
    • iamb, iambus - a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables
    • anapaest, anapest - a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables
    • amphibrach - a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember')
    • trochee - a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed syllables
    • spondee - a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables
    • dibrach, pyrrhic - a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables
    same as: foot, metrical unit

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