METRICAL UNIT
(noun)Definitions
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."
