Rhyme & Rhythm

Rhyme Types of Rhyme Rhythm Types of Rhythm Contents Rhyme Types of Rhyme Rhythm Types of Rhythm

A-Rhyme Rhyme is one of the poetic devices used by poets in order to secure a poetic effect. It is the repetition of the same sound or sounds at the end of a line in a poem. Besides the fact that it delights the ear with the music it produces, it creates an emotional connection that intensifies the logical connection of the poem.

Types of Rhyme There are different kinds of rhyme: 1. Perfect rhyme. 2. Imperfect rhyme. 3. Masculine rhyme (or single rhyme). 4. Feminine rhyme (or double rhyme). 5. Eye rhyme. 6. Pararhyme.

Types of Rhyme Perfect Rhyme When the poet ends the lines of his poem with words which perfectly accord with each other in sound. Help me to blaze Her worthy praise Imperfect Rhyme When the words at the end of the poetic line do not phonetically accord. Through hidden perils round about me placed Yet hope I well that when this storm is past

Types of Rhyme Masculine Rhyme If the line of a poem ends with words having one stressed syllable, the rhyme is masculine rhyme. I listened, motionless and still; And as I mounted up the hill; The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more Feminine Rhyme Feminine rhyme is the use of words having two syllables, the first of which is stressed and the second is unstressed As if her song could have no ending I saw her singing at her work And over the sickle bending

Types of Rhyme Eye Rhyme Eye rhyme is the use of words whose endings are spelled alike, but the pronunciations of which are different such as: daughter and laughter; prove and love. Some ne’er advance a judgment of their own, But catch the spreading notion of the town Pararhyme Pararhyme is the use of words the consonants of which are the same, but the interior vowels are different, e.g. escaped and scooped. It seemed that out of battle I escaped Down some profound dull tunnel, long since scooped Through granits which titanic wars had groined Yet also there encumbered sleepers groaned.

B-Rhythm In English poetry, rhythm is the regular variation of weak and strong syllables in a stretch of language. Poetry is distinguished from prose because it contains some elements which are repeated, creating a sense of pattern, however, rhythm can be found in prose. In English, every word of more than one syllable has an accent (stress) on one of its syllables. Strong stresses only exist in relation to (compared with) the unaccented syllables next to them according to their value in the meaning of the sentence. The rhythm of any sentence in English could be explained in terms of the variation in stress from one syllable to another.

B-Rhythm A meter contains a sequence of several feet, where each foot has a number of syllables such as stressed/unstressed. Hence, a meter has an overall rhythmic pattern in a line of verse, which a foot cannot describe. Meter = type of feet in a poetic line+ number of feet Example: Shall I /compare/ thee to /a sum/mer’s day Meter in this line= Iambic (VI) + pentameter (5 feet) V I V I V I V I V I

B-Rhythm Metrical analysis (scansion) is the study of the rhythm of poetry. Generally, this analysis measures (in feet) lines of structured poems. Feet are combinations of accented and unaccented syllables. Accented syllables (stressed) are spoken louder than the second Unaccented syllables (unstressed) spoken softer than the first Scansion is the analysis of the rhythm or meter of individual poems. In scanning, a line is divided into small units of rhythm called feet.

Stressed syllables tend to be longer, and unstressed shorter B-Rhythm A foot usually contains one stressed syllable (I) and at least one unstressed syllable (V). So, spondee and pyrrhic are irregular forms of feet and often indicate poetic deviation To/day V / I The stressed syllables (accented) are the ones which are emphasized, or spoken more loudly. They need much physical effort when pronouncing them. The unstressed syllables (unaccented) are not emphasized; they are not spoken as loudly. Stressed syllables tend to be longer, and unstressed shorter

Main types of foot Foot Accent Example Iambic (VI) =unstressed/stressed a/BOUT Trochaic (IV)= stressed/ unstressed PRET/ty SUN/ny Anapestic (VVI)= stressed/stressed/ unstressed un/der/STAN Dactylic (IVV)= stressed/unstressed/unstressed PO/ssi/ble E/le/phent SYl/la/ble Spondaic (II)= stressed/ stressed HEART/BREAK Pyrrhic (VV)= unstressed/ unstressed in /the at/ the

Main types of foot A single poetic line is called a verse, and different verse lengths are defined in terms of the number and type of poetic feet they contain: Monometer: One foot. Pentameter : five feet Dimeter : two feet Hexameter : six feet Trimeter : three feet heptameter : seven feet Tetrameter: four feet

Main types of foot Here are examples of different metrical lines: a) Iambic pentameter: From fair / est creat / ures we / desire / increase. That their / beau/ ties Rose / might ne / ver die. ii) Iambic trimeter: It is / the eve / ning hour, How si / lent all / doth lie.

Main types of foot iii) Trochaic tetrameter: Come my / Celia / let us / prove. While we / may the / sports of / love. iv) Dactylic tetrameter: Woman much / missed how you / call t o me / call to me. Saying that / now you are / not as you / were.

Main types of foot v) Anapestic tetrameter: The assyr / ian came down / like the wolf / on the fold. And his co / horts were burn / ing in pur / ple and gold.