Trochee meter has the first syllable accented and the second unaccented.
Iamb meter has the first syllable unaccented and the second accented.
Dactyl meter has the first syllable accented and the second and third unaccented.
Anapest meter has the first two syllables unaccented and the third syllable accented.
English poetry employs five basic meters including; iambic meter (unstressed/stressed), trochaic meter (stressed/unstressed), spondaic meter, (stressed/stressed) anapestic meter (unstressed/unstressed/ stressed) and dactylic meter (stressed/unstressed/unstressed).