Glossary: Types of Poetic Meter lyrics
by Lit Genius
Two-syllable feet
Iamb
Trochee
Spondee
Pyrrhus
Three-syllable feet (triplets)
Amphibrach
Dactyl
Bacchius
Antibacchius
Cretic
Molossus
Anapest
Number of feet per line
Dimeter
Trimeter
Quadrameter
Pentameter
Hexameter
Heptameter
Line endings
Masculine ending
Feminine ending