Hypermetric, used of a syllable which is not reckoned or expected in the regular metrical pattern.
Iamb, Iambus, a foot consisting of an unstress and a stress, ◡ _̷, [38], [51], [69], [84] ff.
In Memoriam Stanza, a quatrain riming abba4, [103], [105] ff.
Inversion, the substitution of a trochee for an iamb or of a dactyl for an anapest (or vice versa), [51], [187] ff.; a misleading term; see Substitution.
Length, the comparative duration of the enunciation of syllables, [33] f. In classical prosody syllables were regarded by convention as either 'long' or 'short' (a 'long' being theoretically equal to two 'shorts'), and this usage has been sometimes (not successfully, and yet not entirely without reason) super-imposed upon English verse.
Line, a metrical division composed of one or more feet and either used continuously or combined in stanzas, [52] f., [69] ff. See Verse (1).
Loudness, the comparative strength or volume of a sound, [6].
Long Measure (L. M. of the Hymnals) the quatrain riming abab4 or abcb4, [103].
Metre, a regular, artificial, rhythmic pattern, the formal basis of versification.
Octosyllable, an 8-syllable or 4-stress line. See Decasyllable.