LITERATURE QUESTIONS
INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY STUDIES
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a line.
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a foot.
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a measure.
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a meter.
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Detailed explanation-1: -A poetic foot is a basic repeated sequence of meter composed of two or more accented or unaccented syllables. In the case of an iambic foot, the sequence is “unaccented, accented". There are other types of poetic feet commonly found in English language poetry.
Detailed explanation-2: -The meters are iambs, trochees, spondees, anapests and dactyls. In this document the stressed syllables are marked in boldface type rather than the traditional “/” and “x.” Each unit of rhythm is called a “foot” of poetry.
Detailed explanation-3: -The foot is the basic repeating rhythmic unit that forms part of a line of verse in most Indo-European traditions of poetry, including English accentual-syllabic verse and the quantitative meter of classical ancient Greek and Latin poetry.
Detailed explanation-4: -A metrical foot consisting of an accented syllable followed by two unaccented syllables; the words “poetry” and “basketball” are both dactylic.