1. IAMBIC foot consists of unaccented syllable followed by an
accented. It can be heard in such words as "because, hello, Elaine".

2. TROCHAIC foot consists of an accented syllable followed by an
unaccented. These are trochaic words: answer, Tuesday, Albert.

3. DACTYLIC foot consists of an accented syllable followed by two
unaccented syllables. You can hear the dactylic beat in these words:
beautiful, silently, Saturday.

4. ANAPESTIC foot consists of two unaccented syllables followed by an
accented syllable. These words are anapestic: cavalier, tambourine,
Marianne.

5. SPONDAIC foot consists of two accented syllables.

6. PYRRHIC foot consists of two unaccented syllables.