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Stress Pattern Visualizer

See the rhythm in a line, syllable by syllable.

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The Stress Pattern Visualizer marks every syllable in a line as stressed or unstressed, then reads the pattern back as a meter: five iambs make iambic pentameter, a run of trochees reads as trochaic. It is how you scan a poem on paper, done as you type.

English stress depends on how a word is said, so the marks are an estimate, not a verdict. When one looks wrong, tap it and the meter recomputes around your reading. It works on a line you wrote a second ago or a poem you pasted in, and it never changes your words.

The Stress Pattern Visualizer marking stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of verse, with the detected meter beneath it

What it does

  • Marks each syllable stressed or unstressed and names the closest meter.
  • Reads the whole poem and reports the meter that runs through it.
  • Tap any mark to correct it, and the meter updates to match your ear.
  • Runs on your live draft or a saved poem, on its own page or inside the editor.

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See the rhythm in a line, syllable by syllable.

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