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Optional English - Syllable, Foot, Metre

OPTIONAL ENGLISH: SYLLABLE, FOOT, METRE
Syllable: 
A syllable is a unit of pronunciation, which consists of one vowel sound.

Foot: 
A foot is the basic unit of measurement, used when measuring the metre of poetry.

Metre: 
Metre is the ordered rhythm which results from a regular alteration of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.

There are 5 main types of metre in English poetry:

1)  Iambic: 
✴️ In Iambic metre, each foot has two syllables.
✴️ First is unstressed syllable and second is stressed syllable.
✴️ If there are five feet in one line of a poem, it is called Iambic pentametre.
✴️ Most of the poetry in English is written in Iambic Pentametre. It is the most common metre of English poetry.
✴️ If there are four feet, it is called Iambic Tetrametre.
✴️ If there are three feet, it is called Iambic Trimetre.
✴️ If there are two feet, it is called Iambic Dimetre.
✴️ If there are eight feet, it is called Iambic Octametre.

2) Trochaic: 
✴️  In Trochaic metre, each foot consists of two syllables.
✴️ First is stressed syllable and second is unstressed syllable.
✴️ The number of feet in a line is between two and eight feet.
✴️ The use of Trochaic metre is very less in English poetry.
✴️ It is mostly used in between Iambic metre lines to bring sudden change.

3) Anapestic: 
✴️ In anapestic metre, each foot consists of three syllables.
✴️ First two are unstressed, last one is stressed.
✴️ The number of feet in a line is between two and five.

4) Dactylic: 
✴️ In dactylic metre, each foot consists of three syllables.
✴️ First one is stressed, next two are unstressed.
✴️ The number of feet in each line can be different.

5) Amphibrachic:
✴️ In amphibrachic metre, each foot has three syllables.
✴️ First and third are unstressed, second is stressed.
✴️ The number of feet in each line can be different.


✴️ Iambic  -  Two syllables  -  Unstressed, Stressed
✴️Trochaic - Two syllables  -  Stressed, Unstressed
✴️Anapestic - Three syllables - Unstressed, Unstressed, Stressed
✴️Dactylic - Three syllables - Stressed, Unstressed, Unstressed
✴️Amphibrachic - Three syllables - Unstressed, Stressed, Unstressed



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