1. Poetic Rhythms
The Tercet

2. Unaccented/Accented Pattern
The Tercet comes in a rhythm pattern of a tetrameter which can be:
An iambic tetrameter
An Antiseptic tetrameter
Terza Rima

3. Iambic Tetrameter Pattern
U / U / U / U /
U represents unstressed syllables, / represents stressed syllables
While Tetrameter is typically applied for four lines of poetry, it is also applied to the rhythm of a tercet (three line poetry)

4. Anapestic Tetrameter Pattern
UU/UU/UU/UU/
U represents unstressed syllables, / represents stressed syllables

5. Terza Rima
Terza Rima employs the rhythm of Iambic Pentameter: 10 syllables per line; in a tercet 10 syllables per line, three lines
U / U / U / U / U /
U represents unstressed syllables, / represents stressed syllables

6. Acquainted With the Night by Robert Frost
I have been one acquainted with the night. I have walked out in rain—and back in rain. I have outwalked the furthest city light.

7. Blue by Tim Hessen
I ate the angry bird, beautiful, blue. Fat squeal am I; green it seems, I love eggs. But now I eat birds small, blue yummy too!

8. Tim Hessen Mrs. Patterson PD 1 APEngLIT 10 March 2011 "Tercet
Tim Hessen Mrs. Patterson PD 1 APEngLIT 10 March 2011 "Tercet." The Online Writing Lab at Purdue (OWL). Purdue, Web. 10 Mar <