Unit 1

1. Syllables and stress
2. Syllable division 1
3. Syllable division 2
4. Stress
5. Strong and weak stress 1
6. Strong and weak stress 2
7. Stress patterns
8. Stress and meaning
9. Iambic pentameter 1
10. Iambic pentameter 2
11. Metre analysis
12. Metre and rhythm
13. Metre and rhythm analysis

Unit 2

1. Secondary stress
2. Foot boundaries 1
3. Foot boundaries 2
4. Foot boundaries 3
5. Trochees 1
6. Trochees 2
7. Anapaests
8. Dactyls
9. Feet type by syllable
10. Feet type by stress
11. Spondaic and pyrrhic feet
12. Metre, syllable and foot boundary analysis 1
13. Metre, syllable and foot boundary analysis 2
14. Metre, syllable and foot boundary analysis 3

Unit 3

1. The Rainbow
2. Analysis of lines 1-4
3. Analysis of lines 5-9
4. Rhythm deviation from metre
5. Monosyllables
6. Promotion
7. Open class words
8. Compound words
9. Phrasal verbs
10. Reasons for deviation
11. Disyllabic and polysyllabic words 1
12. Disyllabic and polysyllabic words 2
13. Elision and inverted feet
14. Grammatical patterns
15. Word order
16. Thematic stress
17. Rhythm and deviation in Hamlet's soliloquy

About

Metre refers to the abstract, ideal, or underlying pattern that acts as a template for a line of verse. In English, metrical patterns consist of repeated patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables. Using this app, you can learn more about English metre through a series of interactive exercises.

Units:

1. Unit 1
2. Unit 2
3. Unit 3