THE PROCEDURE: A relatively simple bedside procedure in which one inserts a needle into the abdomen, thereby evacuating either a small amount of ascites fluid for diagnostic purposes, or large amounts of fluid for therapeutic purposes. It is the most cost-effective means of determining the cause of ascites.
Making the world better, one answer at a time. The meter of a sonnet is called the  Iambic Pentameter. The meter of a sonnet is called the  Iambic Pentameter.
1 They maintain a strict rhyme scheme: 2  ABAB // CDCD // EFEF // GG. 3  The sonnet must have 14 lines. 4  Each line has 10 syllables. 5  Each line usually rhymes using the following syllable pattern: 6  soft-LOUD-soft-LOUD-soft-LOUD-soft-LOUD-soft-LOUD. 7  Sonnets often describe a problem and solution, or question and answer. Sonnets often describe a problem and solution, or question and answer. 2  The transition from problem to solution (or question to answer) is called the volta (turn).