A stressed syllable followed by two unstressed ones, as in FLUT-ter-ing

A type of structure or form in poetry characterized by freedom from regularity and consistency in such elements as rhyme, line length, metrical pattern

by take it slow

Poetic meters

A symbolic narrative in which the surface details imply a secondary meaning. Allegory often takes the form of a story in which the characters represent moral qualities. The most famous example in English is John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress

In the plot of a story or play, the action following the climax of the work that moves it towards its denouement or resolution. The falling action of Othello

Two unaccented syllables followed by an accented one, as in com-pre-HEND

A love lyric in which the speaker complains about the arrival of the dawn, when he must part from his lover. John Donne's "The Sun Rising" exemplifies this poetic genre.

A narrative poem

A line of poetry or prose in unrhymed iambic pentameter