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Poetic Scansion Terms Review

NOMENCLATURE Terminology The next few slides are key to mastering the building blocks of sonnets. We’re drilling them here… You need to commit them to Memory

How many syllables in a Poetic Foot?

How many syllables in a Poetic Foot? Two or Three

Specific Poetic Feet Four typical feet are used. Two syllables: _________ - / Mac BETH _________ / - DUN can Three Syllable Poetic Feet: _________ / - - FIN ger bone _________ - - / Mer i LEE Hick or EE

Specific Poetic Feet Four typical feet are used. Two syllables: Iambs - / MacBETH i AMB Trochees / - DUN can TRO chee Three Syllable Poetic Feet: Dactyls / - - FINger bone Anapests - - / a na PEST

POETIC METERS – LINE LENGTHS One foot: Two feet: Three feet: Four feet: Five feet: Six feet: Seven feet: Eight feet:

POETIC METERS – LINE LENGTHS One foot: Monometer Two feet: Dimeter Three feet: Trimeter Four feet: Tetrameter Five feet: Pentameter Six feet: Hexameter Seven feet: Heptameter Eight feet: Octameter

Nomenclature - Line Groupings 2 Lines – ________ 4 Lines –– _______ 6 Lines – ________ 8 Lines – ________

Nomenclature - Line Groupings 2 Lines – Couplet (just a couple of lines) 4 Lines – Quatrain (think of quarters) 6 Lines – Sestet (Do not think – sextet) 8 Lines - Octave (think of Octogon, octopus)

Next slide required for Sonnet Unit Exam

Styles of Sonnets - Structures Italian Style – P________________ Reads as a ____ part structure O__________ and a S___________ Anticipate a Rhyme Scheme of: abbaabba cde _ _ _ English Style – Elizabethan – S__________ Reads as a ___ part thesis with a couplet as conclusion. Quatrain, Quatrain, Quatrain Couplet Anticipate a Rhyme Scheme of: ab_ _ cd _ _ ef_ _ gg

Styles of Sonnets - Structures Italian Style – Petrarchian Reads as a two part structure Octave and a Sestet Anticipate a Rhyme Scheme of: abbaabba cdecde English Style – Elizabethan – Shakespearian Reads as a 3 part thesis with a couplet as conclusion. Quatrain, Quatrain, Quatrain Couplet Anticipate a Rhyme Scheme of: abab cdcd efef gg

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