1. Rhythm and Meter

2. Rhythm The recurrence/repetition of stressed and unstressed sounds
Can be created through the repetition of words and phrases
Typically created through accented or unaccented syllables

3. Vocabulary Syllable Stress/Accent A sound part of a word
Emphasizing with sound
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4. Vocabulary Meter A rhythmic pattern of stresses/accents in a poem
Prosody
All the metrical elements combined
Scansion
Measuring/marking the stresses/accents in a line or poem
Verb is scan

5. Vocabulary Foot A metrical unit by which poetry is scanned/measured
Typically has 1 stressed/accented and 1 or 2 unstressed/unaccented
A line is measured by how many feet it containes

6. Common Foot Patterns Foot Syllables Pattern Example Iamb (iambic) 2
Unstressed, stressed
Away
Trochee (trochaic)
Stressed, unstressed
Lovely
Anapest (anapestic) 3
Unstressed, unstressed, stressed
Understand
Dactyl (dactylic)
Stressed, unstressed, unstressed
Desperate
Spondee (spondaic)
Stressed, stressed
Dead set

7. Iambic Pentameter Exposure to many, mastery of this one!
A line of 5 feet of unstressed, stressed
Blank verse:
Unrhymed iambic pentameter
Shakespeare!

8. Vocabulary Rising meter Move from unstressed to stressed Falling meter
Move from stressed to unstressed
Masculine ending
A line that ends with a stressed syllable
Feminine ending
A line that ends with an unstressed syllable

9. Vocabulary Caesura A pause within a line
Indicated by double line when scanning
End-stopped line
Pause at end of line
Reflect normal speech patterns
Typically marked with punctuation
Enjambment
Running from one line to another
Also called run-on line

10. Practice On one of the 2 poems provided, label:
how many feet is in each line
Which feet are rising meter and which are falling meter
Which endings are masculine and which are feminine
Which lines use enjambment

11. Tips for Scanning a Poem
Count the syllables in each line
Based on the syllables, decipher foot pattern
Stress all syllables that are one major word
Look for two syllable words that have a root word; stress the root word
Notice pattern
Use pattern, dictionary, and pronunciation to figure out rest of accents