- Iamb
- A foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter
- Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene - Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
- Trochee
- A foot of two syllables, a long followed by a short in quantitative meter, or a stressed followed by an unstressed in accentual meter
- Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December; And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
- The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe
- Anapest
- A foot of three syllables, two short followed by one long in quantitative meter, and two unstressed followed by one stressed in accentual meter, as in for the nonce
- Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house
- A Visit From St. Nicholas by Anonymous
- Dactyl
- A foot of three syllables, one long followed by two short in quantitative meter, or one stressed followed by two unstressed in accentual meter, as in gently and humanly
- Just for a handful of silver he left us Just for a rib and to stick in his coat
- The Lost Leader by Robert Browning
- Spondee
- A foot of two syllables, both of which are long in quantitative meter or stressed in accentual meter
- White founts falling in the courts of the sun And the Soldan of Byzantium is smiling as they run
- Laponto by G. K. Chesterton
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