Which option best describes meter?

a. da-da-dum, da-da-dum
b. [stage lights flicker on and off]
c. apple : orange : : watermelon :
d. once upon a time . .

Meter refers to the unit in poetry for rhythm and the beats pattern. Also known as foot, it has usually two or three syllables in each foot.

A word meter is derived from the Greek word 'measure'

With the lines of verse or poem, the meter also refers to the unstressed and a stressed syllabic pattern. Unstressed syllables are shorter and the stressed tend to be longer.

It has various types such as iambic meter, trochaic meter, spondaic meter.

Therefore, option which best describes meter is A. da-da-DUM, da-da-DUM

As it contains stressed and unstressed syllables.

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