1. Rhyme Scheme and Meter Poetry Terms

2. rhyme scheme repetition of accented vowels sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a poem

3. rhyme scheme Let’s practice with this Robert Frost poem: http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/fire -and-ice/

4. The Line Let’s practice with this Robert Frost poem: http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/fire -and-ice/

5. scansion It is the analysis of the rhyme and meter of a poem. It should tie in to the poem’s overall meaning.

6. Foot It is the basic building block of poetry.

7. Foot It is a pattern of syllables. Usually, one stressed syllable and one or more unstressed syllables (exceptions exist).

8. Foot The pattern of feet create the meter of a poem.

9. Meter It is the pattern of beats or accents. Unstressed= U Stressed = /

10. iamb (iambic) An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

11. iamb (iambic) forget deceive The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls.

12. trochee (trochaic) A stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable

13. trochee (trochaic) listen lonely Double, double, toil and trouble

14. anapest (anapestic) Two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable

15. anapest (anapestic) obvious regular For the moon never beams without bring -ing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.

16. dactyl (dactylic) One stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables

17. dactyl (dactylic) excellent temperate …you murdering ministers...

18. spondee (spondaic) Two stressed syllables

19. spondee (spondaic) downtown shoeshine ROCKS, CAVES | LAKES, FENS | BOGS, DENS| and SHADES | of DEATH

20. pyrrhic Two unstressed syllables

21. pyrrhic and the of the Be near me when my light is low, When the blood creeps and the nerves prick And tingle; and the heart is sick, And all the wheels of Being slow.

22. The Line The poetic line is measured by the number of feet it contains.

23. The Line 1 footMonometer 2 feetDimeter 3 feetTrimeter 4 feetTetrameter 5 feetPentameter

24. The Line 6 feetHexameter 7 feetHeptameter 8 feetOctameter 9 feetNonometer 10 feetDecameter

25. The Stanza 1 line………...a line 2 lines……….a couplet 3 lines……….tercet 4 lines……….quatrain 5 lines……….cinquain 6 lines……….sestet 7 lines……….septet 8 lines……….octave

26. Write out the poetic markings for Dactylic trimeter Anapestic dimeter Spondaic monometer Trochaic tetrameter

27. Identify the meter of each line And today the Great Yertle, that Marvelous he Is King of the Mud. That is all he can see