Langston Hughes: Poems

in poetry, foot is the literary term for

A.a metrical unit

B. A way of catagorizing rhyme patterns

C.a line of poetry

D.free verse

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B The 'Foot' in Literary Terms refers to two or more syllables that together make up the smallest unit of rhythm in a poem.

A foot is a unit of metre, consisting of a combination of stressed and unstressed syllables.

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http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/glossaryItem.do?id=8096

Ok, I'm moving off on this one...... I'd need a new version of a poetry book to relearn the way these terms are being used.