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Iambic meter is a two syllable pattern:
da DUM, da DUM, da DUM
Shall I / com pare / thee to / a sum / mer's day?
Thou art / more love / ly and / more temperate:
Rough winds / do shake / the darl / ing buds / of May,
And sum / mer's lease / hath all / too short / a date
William Shakespeare
This is the most common meter in the English Language.
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Trochee meter is a two syllable pattern:
DUM da, DUM da, DUM da
Ty ger, / Ty ger, / burn ing / bright
In the / for ests / of the / night
What im / mort al / hand or / eye
could / frame thy / fear ful / sym met / try?
from "The Tyger" by William Blake
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