A metrical foot is the 2, 3, or 4[^1] syllable rhythmic unit that repeat (or are varied) across a poetic meter. There are names for the patterns. Here are the most common ones: 2-syllable - [[Iamb]] - unstressed stressed - Trochee - stressed unstressed 3-syllable - dactyl - stressed unstressed unstressed - anapest- unstressed unstressed stressed **** # More ## Source - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrical_foot [^1]: Typically no more than 4