Question

Which of the following terms is the greek word for "measure"?

Answer 1

The term “meter” or “metre” is the Greek word for “measure”. It is the unit of length, the symbol is m. People started to use it in 1793.

Answer 2

Meter refers to the unit in poetry for rhythm and the beats pattern. Also known as foot, it has usually two or three syllables in each foot.

A word meter is derived from the Greek word 'measure'

With the lines of verse or poem, the meter also refers to the unstressed and a stressed syllabic pattern. Unstressed syllables are shorter and the stressed tend to be longer.

It has various types such as iambic meter, trochaic meter, spondaic meter.