Meter

Definition: Meter is the number of syllables in a poem.


Example: .
.1.............. 2.................3..............4................ 5 
Shall.I..|..com.PARE..|..thee.TO..|..a.SUM..|..mer’s DAY?


Significance: Meters in poems make the poem is the pattern of the poem. Meters are important because the meter makes the lines of the poems have a rhythm.