Syllable weight
CLASSIFICATION OF A SYLLABLE, WHERE A HEAVY SYLLABLE HAS FORM /CVV/ OR /CVC/, WHILE /CV/ IS A LIGHT SYLLABLE, AND (SOMETIMES) A /CVVC/ OR /CVCC/ IS A SUPERHEAVY SYLLABLE
Short syllable; Syllable length; Long syllable; Heavy syllable; Light syllable; Superheavy syllable; Heavy syllables; Light syllables; Superheavy syllables; Super-heavy syllable; Super-heavy syllables; Super heavy syllable; Super heavy syllables; Metrical weight; Brevis (syllable); Long by position; Syllabic weight
In linguistics, syllable weight is the concept that syllables pattern together according to the number and/or duration of segments in the rime. In classical Indo-European verse, as developed in Greek, Sanskrit, and Latin, distinctions of syllable weight were fundamental to the meter of the line.