Dactyl example
http://study.com/academy/lesson/dactyl-in-poetry-definition-examples-quiz.html
General meter and rhyme
http://www.slideshare.net/debgoodlett/meter-in-poetry
Example of Iambic Tetrameter(short unaccented syllable +long, accented syllable in each foot) 8 syllables/4 feet (tetrameter)
Amazing Grace! How sweet the sound(Now say it aloud and understand why)First, count syllables Then break into feet and accent/unaccentedAmazing = short uncap, long acc, short accGrace =long, accentedHow=short uncapSweet=long accthe=short uncapsound= long acc
Example of Iambic Pentameter(unaccented, accented) 10 syllables/5 feet (Pentameter)
But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks?
Example of Iambic Trimeterunaccented, accented feet6 syllables/3 feet (trimeter)
I love the laughing gale
Example of Iambic Tetrameter
Come live with me and be my love
Example of Trochaic Tetrameter
Through the tranquil air of morning
Example of Iambic Tetrameter
We passed the school where children played
anapestic tetrameter2 short, unstressed followed by a stressed syllable8 syllables/4 feet (tetrameter)
And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold
Dactylic Hexameterlong accented, 2 short unaccented syllables12 syllables/6feet (hexameter)
This is the forest primeval, the murmurring pines and the hemlocks
Trochaic Tetrameteraccented, unaccented8 syllables, 4 feet (tetrameter)
Double double toil and trouble
