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The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry is called

a foot.
imagery.
an iamb.
meter.

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The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry is called a meter. Meter is considered as the beats pattern and it is the element of rhythm. Meter is also known as foot. Each foot has a certain number of syllables which are stressed (accented) and unstressed (not accented). 
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