METRICAL UNIT
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Metrical Unit.
Metrical Unit - as a noun
(prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
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Example Sentences
"In poetry, a metrical unit is a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables."
"Iambic pentameter is a metrical unit consisting of five feet per line."
"A haiku is a three-line poem with a 5-7-5 metrical unit."
"Shakespeare often used iambic pentameter as the metrical unit in his sonnets."
"The dactylic hexameter is the metrical unit commonly found in classical epic poetry."
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- metred
- metres
- metrestick
- metric
- metrical
- Metrical Unit
- metrically
- metricate
- metricated
- metricates
- metricating