Download presentation
Presentation is loading. Please wait.
Published bySilas Richardson Modified over 9 years ago
1
Happy Birthday William Shakespeare
2
Place your hands over your hearts. What sound does your heart make?
3
daDum, daDum, daDum Shakespeare used the rhythm of the heartbeat in his poems and plays Practice beating out this rhythm on their desks, and tell them that this rhythm is called iambic.
4
stand up and create a big circle around the desks
5
I am Sam Sam I amI am SamSam I am I am SamThat Sam-I-am!Sam-I-am That Sam-I-am!Sam-I-am I do not like that Sam-I-am!Sam-I-am Do you like green eggs and ham?greeneggsham I do not like them, Sam-I-am.Sam-I-am I do not like green eggs and ham.greeneggsham Would you like them here or there?there
6
Shakespeare's predominant meter was iambic. A unit of iambic meter, called an iambic foot, consists of a soft stress followed by a sharp one: da-DUM.
7
A good example of an everyday word that acts as an iambic foot is: toDAY
8
Shakespeare wrote most of his poetry in iambic pentameter, five units of iambic beat to a line:
9
“But SOFT, what LIGHT through YONder WINdow BREAKS.“ daDUM daDUM daDUM daDUM da DUM
10
But a lot of the songs from his plays are written in iambic tetrameter, four units of iambic beat to a line:
11
You SPOTted SNAKES with DOUble TONGUEdaDUM daDUM
12
This meter is common in songs and in children's poetry. Dr. Seuss is a great example.
13
i DO not LIKE green EGGS and HAM i DO not LIKE them, SAM i AM
Similar presentations
© 2025 SlidePlayer.com. Inc.
All rights reserved.