Final answer:
The statement in the question is false; while there are multiple meter patterns in English poetry, they are not limited to five but include types like iambic, trochaic, anapestic, and dactylic meters. Meter patterns can range from one to seven feet per line, rather than being confined to five basic patterns.
Step-by-step explanation:
The statement that there are five fundamental meter patterns, from duple to quintuple, is false.
In English poetry, meter is based on the patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables and is classified into several types, with some of the most common meters being the iambic, trochaic, anapestic, and dactylic.
These are generally based on the number of syllables and the placement of stresses within a foot.
The iambic meter, for example, consists of a foot with an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. The trochee is the opposite, with a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one.
Poets often vary their meter to avoid monotony and to create a more interesting and natural rhythm.
For instance, Shakespeare in his works frequently mingled different metrical feet to maintain the natural flow of speech.
Meter can range from one to usually no more than seven feet per line, with names such as monometer (one foot), dimeter (two feet), trimeter (three feet), tetrameter (four feet), pentameter (five feet), hexameter (six feet), and heptameter (seven feet).