Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 6 AIL 0504 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Foot
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The idea
A foot is the repeating unit of stressed and unstressed syllables a metre is built from. The glossary has no headword for foot, though its metre entries depend on the idea. This is the standard sense, and without it the four-beat and five-beat names cannot be explained.
In practice
The foot is the repeating unit.
Where people slip
The glossary uses the idea without defining it.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
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