metrical pattern
pattern used by a verse
hendecasyllable
verse with 11 syllables per line
dodecasyllable
verse with 12 syllables per line
decasyllable
verse with ten syllables per line
strophe
first part of the ode; structural division of a poem containing stanzas of varying line length
iambic pentameter
line consisting of five iambic feet
heptasyllable
verse of seven syllabes
minor Sapphic verse
metrical verse form
alexandrine
line of poetic meter comprising 12 syllables
Leonine verse
figure of speech
major Sapphic verse
metrical verse form
octosyllable
verse with eight syllables per line
hexasyllable
verse form with six syllables per line
four-syllable line
verse of four syllables