In the "symbolic" column, r indicates an unstressed syllable, and pa stressed syllable.
| pyrrhic | pyrrhic | rr | diddy | in a |
| iamb | iambic | rp | di-dum | en-GAGE |
| trochee | trochaic | pr | dum-di | AL-ways |
| spondee | spondaic | pp | dum-dum | HOT STUFF |
| tribrach | tribrachic | rrr | di-di-di | and in the |
| anapaest (in US, anapest) | anapaestic (anapestic) | rrp | diddy-dum | on the WAY |
| amphibrach | amphibrachic | rpr | di-dum-di | e-TER-nal |
| bacchius | bacchiac | rpp | di-dum-dum | the WHOLE HOG |
| dactyl | dactylic | prr | dum-diddy | WAN-der-ing |
| cretic or amphimacer | cretic | prp | dum-di-dum | PIECE of CAKE |
| antibacchius | antibacchiac | ppr | dum-dum-di | GOOD MORN-ing |
| molossus | molossic | ppp | dum-dum-dum | GREAT WHITE HOPE |
| tetrabrach or proceleus maticus | tetrabrachic or proceleusmatic | rrrr | diddy-diddy | and isn't it |
| paeon | paeonic | rrrp or rrpr or rprr or prrr | one stressed in four | |
| ionic minor or double iamb | rrpp | diddy-dum-dum | in the LONG RUN | |
| di-iamb or diamb | di-iambic or diambic | rprp | di-dum-di-dum | a CUP of TEA |
| antispast | antispastic | rppr | di-dum-dum-di | the OLD COUN-try |
| epitrite | epitritic | rppp or prpp or pprp or pppr | three stressed in four | |
| choriamb or choriambus | choriambic | prrp | dum-diddy-dum | HOLE in the WALL |
| ditrochee | ditrochean or ditrochaic | prpr | dum-di-dum-di | TOP-sy-TUR-vy |
| ionic major | pprr | dum-dum-diddy | LEFT-HAND-ed-ness | |
| dispondee | dispondaic | pppp | dum-dum-dum-dum | FEE-FIE-FO-FUM |
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