English
Take a look at all these FEET!

iamb
I s'pose the flats is pretty green up there in Ironbark

Anapest
"And today the Great Yertle, that marvelous he
Is King of the Mud. That is all he can see."

x	x	/	x	x	/	x	x	/	x	x	/
And	to-	day	the	Great	Yer-	tle,	that	Mar-	vel	ous	he
	x	/	x	x	/	x	x	/	x	x	/
	Is	King	of	the	Mud.	That	is	all	he	can	see

Foot type	Style	Stress pattern	Syllable count
Iamb	Iambic	Unstressed + Stressed	Two
Trochee	Trochaic	Stressed + Unstressed	Two
Spondee	Spondaic	Stressed + Stressed	Two
Anapest or anapaest	Anapestic	Unstressed + Unstressed + Stressed	Three
Dactyl	Dactylic	Stressed + Unstressed + Unstressed	Three
Amphibrach	Amphibrachic	Unstressed + Stressed + Unstressed	Three
Pyrrhic	Pyrrhic	Unstressed + Unstressed	Two

(Wikipedia sourced)

That's the foot. How many feet you have in a line is the meter.

1. Monometer
2. Dimeter
3. Trimeter
4. Tetrameter
5. Pentameter
6. Hexameter