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Iambic Pentameter Year 8 English

All words with more than one syllable are made up of stressed and unstressed syllables

alone

The kitten is all alone

a/lone

a/LONE

x / a/LONE dee DUM [rising rhythm]

Shakespeare

Shake/speare

/ x SHAKE/speare DUM dee [falling rhythm]

So what is the meter of your last name?

Meter definition = In poetry, meter is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in a verse.

This is the rhythm of words

THIS is the RHYthm of WORDS / x x / x x / THIS is the RHYthm of WORDS

Poets use the rhythm of language to help convey their message.

/ x / x / x x / x x / POets USE the RHYthm of LAnguage to HELP x / x / x conVEY their MESSage.

But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? Romeo and Juliet

x / x / x / x / x But SOFT. What LIGHT through YONder WINdow / BREAKS x / x / x / x / x But SOFT! What LIGHT through YONder WINdow / BREAKS? Romeo and Juliet

Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! Beware Macduff! Macbeth IV.i.71

x / x / x / x / MacBETH. MacBETH. MacBETH. BeWARE x / MacDUFF x / x / x / x / MacBETH! MacBETH! MacBETH! BeWARE x / MacDUFF! Macbeth IV.i.71

Everyday language I’d like to have another cup of tea

I’d like to have another cup of tea Everyday language x / x / x / x / x / I’d like to have another cup of tea

Lines like these are written in IAMBIC PENTAMETER

What is iambic pentameter?

An iamb is a type of foot

X

iamb = metrical foot with one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable x / to/NIGHT dee DUM

You only have to listen to the beat

you ONly HAVE to LIsten TO the BEAT x / x / x / x / x / you ONly HAVE to LIsten TO the BEAT

This line is built with iambs Therefore this line is iambic x / x / x / x / x / you ONly HAVE to LIsten TO the BEAT

How many iambs are in this line? x / x / x / x / x / you ONly HAVE to LIsten TO the BEAT

How many iambs are in this line? 5 x / x / x / x / x / you ONly HAVE to LIsten TO the BEAT

you ONly HAVE to LIsten TO the BEAT How many iambs are in this line? 5 The Ancient Greek word for five is pente x / x / x / x / x / you ONly HAVE to LIsten TO the BEAT

Iambic pentameter you ONly HAVE to LIsten TO the BEAT x / x / x / x / x / you ONly HAVE to LIsten TO the BEAT

YOUR TURN!!  Write one sentence in iambic pentameter – share with the person next to you

In pairs, write 5 lines using an iambic pentameter rhythm. You may wish to (but don’t have to!) start with…. x / x / x / x / x / x / Today in class….. Today we learnt…. Tonight I will…