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Rhythm and Meter
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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
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Vocabulary Syllable Stress/Accent A sound part of a word
Emphasizing with sound Page 982
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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
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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
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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
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Iambic Pentameter Exposure to many, mastery of this one!
A line of 5 feet of unstressed, stressed Blank verse: Unrhymed iambic pentameter Shakespeare!
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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
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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
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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
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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
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