cadence, metre, meter, measure, beat - (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

dactyl - a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables

iamb, iambus - a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables

anapaest, anapest - a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables

amphibrach - a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember')

trochee - a metrical unit with stressed-stressed-unstressed syllables

spondee - a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables

dibrach, pyrrhic - a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables