Meter: The regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
How to apply it: Analyze how metrical regularity or irregularity reinforces meaning—smooth meter may suggest order, disrupted meter may suggest tension.
Course: AP English Literature · Unit: Poetry I
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