![]() ![]() A number of feet in a line of poetry constitutes a meter. The amphimacer foot consists of three syllables, one soft syllable sandwiched between two loud syllables: / _ / / _ /īasic Meters. The amphibrach foot consists of three syllables, one loud syllable sandwiched between two soft syllables. There are two more feet in addition to the above six, but they are used infrequently in scansion. There is no accented syllable in a phyrric: _ _ _ _ The pyrrhic foot consists of two syllables, both soft. There is no unaccented syllable in a spondee: / / / / ![]() The following feet are sometimes used when scanning a line of poetry: The spondaic foot consists of two syllables, both loud. _ _ Hen der son (name of a person called Henderson) ![]() The dactylic foot (dactyl) consists of three syllables, the first of which is spoken louder than the second and third: The anapestic foot (anapest) consists of three syllables, the first two of which are spoken more softly than the third: _ _ / _ _ / _ _ / The trochaic foot (trochee) consists of two syllables, the first of which is spoken louder than the second: / _ / _ / _ Here are the four basic feet: The iambic foot (iam) consists of two syllables, the first of which is spoken softer than the second: _ / _ / _ / There are four basic feet, two for two-syllable units and two for three-syllable units: the names are Greek because we trace one system of poetic scansion back to the Greeks. Each foot has either two syllables in it or three syllables in it. A PRIMER ON SCANSION Basic Feet The basic unit used for counting accents in poetry is called a foot. ![]()
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