 long-long-short-long fourth epitrite: long-long-long-short minor ionic , or double iamb : short-short-long-long major ionic: long-long-short-short diamb : short-long-short-long ditrochee : long-short-long-short %DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% antispast : short-long-long-short choriamb : long-short-short-long  tetrabrach or proceleusmatic: short-short-short-short dispondee: long-long-long-long  Verse forms 'a Gra' Reformata' Ten stanzas of ABA CD ABA CD ABA CD ABA CD ABA CD ABAC. Following the rhyme scheme of the Villanelle, but with five extra couplets just after each tercet. Ballade: Three stanzas of " ababbcbC " followed by a refrain of " bcbC ".
<meaning-changed>  long-long-short-long fourth epitrite: long-long-long-short minor ionic , or double iamb : short-short-long-long major ionic: long-long-short-short diamb : short-long-short-long ditrochee : long-short-long-short %DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% antispast : short-long-long-short choriamb : long-short-short-long  tetrabrach or proceleusmatic: short-short-short-short dispondee: long-long-long-long  Verse forms 'a Gra' Reformata' Ten stanzas of ABA CD ABA CD ABA CD ABA CD ABA CD ABAC. Following the rhyme scheme of the Villanelle, but with five extra couplets just after each tercet. Ballade: Three stanzas of " ababbcbC " followed by a refrain of " bcbC ".
 long-long-short-long fourth epitrite: long-long-long-short minor ionic , or double iamb : short-short-long-long major ionic: long-long-short-short diamb : short-long-short-long ditrochee : long-short-long-short %DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% antispast : short-long-long-short choriamb : long-short-short-long tetrabrach or proceleusmatic: short-short-short-short dispondee: long-long-long-long Monometer: a line of verse with just 1 metrical foot. Dimeter: a line of verse with 2 metrical feet. Trimeter: a line of verse with 3 metrical feet. Tetrameter: a line of verse with 4 metrical feet. Hexameter: a line of verse with 6 metrical feet. Heptameter: a line of verse with 7 metrical feet. Octameter: a line of verse with 8 metrical feet. Dactylic meter: any meter based on the dactyl as its primary rhythmic unit. Dactylic tetrameter Dactylic pentameter Dactylic hexameter Golden line Iambic meter: any meter based on the iamb as its primary rhythmic unit. Alexandrine (iambic hexameter): a 12-syllable iambic line adapted from French heroic verse. Example: the last line of each stanza in “The Convergence of the Twain” by Thomas Hardy. Czech alexandrine French alexandrine Polish alexandrine Fourteener (iambic heptameter): line consisting of 7 iambic feet (14 syllables) Galliambic verse Iambic pentameter: line consisting of 5 iambic feet (10 syllables) Iambic tetrameter: line consisting of 4 iambic feet (8 syllables) Trochaic meter: any meter based on the trochee as its primary rhythmic unit. Trochaic tetrameter Trochaic octameter Trochaic septenarius Arabic poetic meters: Basīṭ Hazaj Kāmil Mutaqārib Madīd Rajaz Tawīl Wāfir Anapestic tetrameter (aka reverse dactyl): a poetic meter that has 4 anapestic metres per line. Common metre: a quatrain that rhymes " ababbcbC " followed by a refrain of " bcbC ".