Example of types metrical foot?

Types of Metrical Feet:

Here are some examples of types of metrical feet with their structure and examples:

1. Iamb: Unstressed, Stressed (U/)

* Example: "be**low" (2 syllables)

2. Trochee: Stressed, Unstressed (/U)

* Example: "happy" (2 syllables)

3. Spondee: Stressed, Stressed (//)

* Example: "heartbreak" (2 syllables)

4. Pyrrhic: Unstressed, Unstressed (UU)

* Example: "a**bout" (2 syllables - less common, often used as a variation in a line)

5. Anapest: Unstressed, Unstressed, Stressed (UU/)

* Example: "understand" (3 syllables)

6. Dactyl: Stressed, Unstressed, Unstressed (/UU)

* Example: "merrily" (3 syllables)

7. Amphibrach: Unstressed, Stressed, Unstressed (U/U)

* Example: "remember" (3 syllables)

8. Bacchius: Stressed, Stressed, Unstressed (//U)

* Example: "company" (3 syllables)

9. Cretic: Stressed, Unstressed, Stressed (/U/)

* Example: "independent" (4 syllables)

10. Tribrach: Unstressed, Unstressed, Unstressed (UUU)

* Example: "about the" (3 syllables - less common, often used as a variation in a line)

Examples in Poetry:

* Iambic pentameter: (5 iambs per line)

* *Shakespeare's sonnets:* "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"

* Trochaic tetrameter: (4 trochees per line)

* *Longfellow's "The Village Blacksmith":* "Under a spreading chestnut-tree"

* Anapestic tetrameter: (4 anapests per line)

* *H.W. Longfellow's "The Wreck of the Hesperus":* "In the harbor of Boston town"

Important Note: These are just the basic metrical feet. Poetry often uses variations and combinations of different feet within a line to create rhythm and emphasis.