Question

Different between iambic and trochaic with example and there symbols​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Both iambic and trochaic meters have an alternating rhythm in which the beat lands on every other syllable; the difference is that in lines of iambic meter the first beat lands on the 2nd syllable (di-dum-di-dum…), and in lines of trochaic meter the first beat lands on the 1st syllable (dum-di-dum…). And that's it.

Answer 2

Answer:

It’s questionable whether “trochaic meter” is even a useful term. However, I’ll start by explaining the sole actual difference between what we call “iambic” and “trochaic” meters.

Both iambic and trochaic meters have an alternating rhythm in which the beat lands on every other syllable; the difference is that in lines of iambic meter the first beat lands on the 2nd syllable (di-dum-di-dum…), and in lines of trochaic meter the first beat lands on the 1st syllable (dum-di-dum…). And that’s it. That’s the sole actual difference.

The impact of opening on the beat is weakened in lines of 5 beats, so nearly all “trochaic” poems are written in lines of 4 beats or less.

The most famous example of a poem written in “trochaic” meter is the epic poem, The Song of Hiawatha, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Some criticise it for being monotonous; I find it hypnotic and enchanting.

The Song of Hiawatha is written in tetrameter (4 beats), and a trochaic “foot” is considered to be a unit of 2 syllables with the beat on the first syllable (in contrast to an iambic “foot”, which is considered to be a unit of 2 syllables with the beat on the second syllable). So if we were to scan the lines as “trochaic tetrameters” we would divide them up thus: “dum-di | dum-di| dum-di | dum-di”:

Downward | through the | evening | twilight,

In the | days that | are for | gotten,

In this poem, every line ends on an unstressed syllable, which is actually very rare: in the vast majority of “trochaic” poems, either all or some of the lines are missing the final unstressed syllable (“dum-di | dum-di| dum-di | dum _”; the technical name for this is catalexis, so this would be called a catalectic line).