Trochaic Trimeter

Trochaic

A metrical foot composed of one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable. It is wirtten ( ^{/ u}) over the cooresponding syllables.

Trimeter

Refers to the number of feet within a poem, "Tri-" means three; therefore trimeter is defined as a verse line of three metrical feet. The feet are seperated by a vertical line drawn within the verse ( | ).

Example:

   _{u       u
/       u u   /
u   u       /
u}
From my stud | y I see | in the lamplight

_{u     /
u    u        /
u       /}
Descend | ing the broad | hall stair

_{u
/       u      u
/           u
u /   u}
Grave Al | ice, and laugh | ing Allegra

_{u     /
u      u
/          u
/}
And E | dith with gold | en hair.

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