1. OBJECTIVE: STUDENTS WILL BECOME MORE COMFORTABLE READING IN THE CORRECT RHYTHM OF IAMBIC PENTAMETER AS A PREFACE TO READING MACBETH. Introduction to Iambic Pentameter

2. DON’T PANIC…we’ll start off slowly

3. Warm Up…

4. Numerical Prefixes UNIcycle = BIcycle = TRIangle = QUADrilateral = PENTAgon = HEXAgon =

5. Iambic Pentameter IAMB = metrical FOOT with one unstressed syllable and a 2 nd STRESSED syllable. PENTA = FIVE!

6. Ta-TUM 1 2 3 45 Five Feet!

7. Shall I com PARE thee TO a SUM- mer’s DAY?

8. How sweet the moon light sleeps uponthis bank!

9. WHY did Shakespeare use Iambic Pentameter? To show emotion or importance Shakespeare was meant to be heard! It made it easier for the audience to follow the lines. It helped the actors to memorize their lines. It made sure that the actors emphasized the words Shakespeare wanted to emphasize.

11. Iambic Pentameter Rap https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p226OX39OLs

12. Exceptions to the Rules

13. Elision 11+ syllables?! WHAT? Traditional poets are allowed to “cheat” When one word ends in a vowel, and the following word starts with a vowel, both vowels blur together to become one syllable instead of two. Ex: John Milton’s Paradise Lost “Th’infernal doors, and on their hinges grate.” U / U / U / U / U /

14. Synaeresis Type of Elision When two vowels occur side by side, the poet has the option to read them as either one or two syllables. Ex: Titles and names ‘twere tedious to rehearse. / U U / U / U / U /

15. Syncope Occurs when a vowel flanked by two consonants is not pronounced Ex: The Deserted Village by Oliver Goldsmith “For talking age and whisp’ring lovers made!” U / U / U / U / U /

16. Acephalous 9 syllables?! First syllable is missing “Headless”-Greek First iamb only has one syllable-a stressed one

17. Write Your Own!