Two or three syllables {foot, poetry} {feet, poetry} have one stressed syllable or no stressed syllable. Poem lines repeat feet.
Three syllables {anapest, poetry} can have last syllable stressed and so have rising stress.
Three syllables {dactyl, poetry} can have first syllable stressed and so have falling stress.
The most common foot {iamb, poetry} has two syllables with second stressed, and so has rising stress.
Two syllables {pyrrhic, poetry} can have no stress.
Three syllables {spondee, poetry} can have neither rising nor falling stress.
Two syllables {trochee, poetry} with first stressed have falling stress.
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