A stressed syllable is the part of a word that you say with greater emphasis than the other syllables. Alternatively, an unstressed syllable is a part of a word that you say with less emphasis than the stressed syllable(s).

In short, Iambic Pentameter is all about how many syllables and stresses we have in a line of a poem.

Shakespeare wrote the majority of “Romeo and Juliet” in iambic pentameter. In poetry, iambic pentameter refers to the type of foot in a line of poetry and the meter, which is the number of feet in a line. A line with iambic pentameter has 10 syllables with five iamb feet.

When we combine iamb with tetrameter, it is a line of poetry with four beats of one unstressed syllable, followed by one stressed syllable, and it is called iambic tetrameter. It sounds like: duh-DUH, duh-DUH, duh-DUH, duh-DUH.

Couplet refers to two lines of poetry that follow each other and rhyme. Couplets also sometimes have the same meter, meaning the same number of beats or the same rhythm. The sheep’s in the meadow, the cow in the corn.

A ​Rhyming Couplet​is two lines of the same length that ​rhyme​and complete one thought. There is no limit to the length of the lines. ​Rhyming​words are words that sound the same when spoken, they don’t necessarily have to be spelled the same. Examples of Rhyming Couplets.

A poem with numbered sections, describing a progression. through time, space, or ideas. A poem with stanzas made up of equal numbers of lines, such as. couplets or tercets.

In “Meciendo/Rocking” the speaker describes the sound of wind and crashing waves.

Example: “And like a thunderbolt he falls.” (line 6). Analysis: Tennyson employs a simile, comparing the eagle’s descent to a thunderbolt. It hints at the suddenness at which life can end.