| A | B |
|---|
| Meter | stressed and/or unstressed syllables |
| Rhythm | effect of a string of syllables or meter |
| Iamb | dah-DUM dah-DUM dah-DUM |
| Trochee | DAH-dum DAH-dum DAH-dum |
| Handy | an example of Trochaic (Trochee) |
| Destroy | example of Iambic |
| Spondee | DAH-DAH both syllables equally stressed |
| Heartbreak | example of Spondaic (spondee) |
| Dactyl | DAH-dum-dum DAH-dum-dum |
| Scorpion | example of Dactylic (Dactyl) |
| Anapest | dum-dum-DAH dum-dum-DAH |
| Understand | example of Anapestic |
| Iambic | U / |
| Trochaic | / U |
| Spondaic | / / |
| Anapestic | U U / |
| Dactylic | / U U |
| Allegory | a work that has deeper meaning (religious, political, etc.) |
| Allusion | referring to something without actually stating it |
| Irony | the opposite of what is expected or something says |
