foot and meter poetry definition
Definition of Foot. The literary device âfootâ is a measuring unit in poetry, which is made up of stressed and unstressed syllables. The stressed syllable is generally indicated by a vertical line (ê), whereas the unstressed syllable is represented by a cross (x). The combination of feet creates meter in poetry.
Definition of Meter. Meter is the rhythm of syllables in a line of verse or in a stanza of a poem. Depending on the language, this pattern may have to do with stressed and unstressed syllables, syllable weight, or number of syllables.