Question

The meter of a poem is the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables. true or false

Answer 1

TRUE

Meter is a unit of rhythm in poetry. It refers to the organization of stressed and unstressed syllables in a verse, or within the lines of a poem.

There are different types of meter. The most common is the Iambic metter, in which an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable. The Trochee meter is the exact opposit: a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed sylable.

Other examples are the Dactyl Meter, which has one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed ones; and the Anapest Meter, which has two unaccented syllables followed by an accented one.

Answer 2

This is true. Meter is the basic pattern which occurs in a poem and deals with the number of feet in a verse and their stress patterns.