Meter is about the number of stresses in a line. Feet refers to the pattern of the stresses.
Look at some two syllable words. Decide which syllable is stressed and which syllable is unstressed. Take the word enjoy. The emphasis is on the last syllable.
Put a / symbol over the stressed syllable and a u (it should be more a a smile than a u) over the unstressed syllables.
The patterns that the rising and falling sound, or rhythm, that the syllables make are given different names.
An iambic foot has a pattern like enjoy. The is an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
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