Meter is a fundamental element of poetry and is used to create rhythm and musicality.
Here are some common types of meter:
* Iambic: Unstressed followed by stressed (e.g., "be**low")
* Trochaic: Stressed followed by unstressed (e.g., "daily")
* Spondaic: Two stressed syllables (e.g., "heart**break")
* Anapestic: Two unstressed followed by stressed (e.g., "independ**ent")
* Dactylic: Stressed followed by two unstressed (e.g., "happi**ness")
The number of metrical feet (pairs of stressed and unstressed syllables) in a line of poetry also contributes to the meter. For example:
* Monometer: One metrical foot per line
* Dimeter: Two metrical feet per line
* Trimeter: Three metrical feet per line
* Tetrameter: Four metrical feet per line
* Pentameter: Five metrical feet per line
* Hexameter: Six metrical feet per line
So, a line of poetry with five iambic feet would be called iambic pentameter, while a line with four anapestic feet would be called anapestic tetrameter.