1. IAMBIC PENTAMETER Sounds BIG and SCA ry, BUT what DOES it MEAN?

2. Syllables English words have clear syllables. We can usually divide words into syllables easily. We can also determine which syllables to emphasize, or “ stress ” in each word.  For example: Angel = AN-gel  (not an-GEL) Complete = com-PLETE  (not COM-plete)

3. More Syllables poem = PO-em……. (1 stressed + 1 unstressed) poetry = PO-e-try……. (1 stressed + 2 unstressed) relief = re-LIEF……. (1 unstressed + 1 stressed) recommend = re-com-MEND……. (2 unstressed + 1 stressed) discomfort = dis-COM-fort… (1 unstressed + 1 stressed + 1 unstressed) entertainment = en-ter-TAIN-ment (2 unstressed + 1 stressed + 1 unstressed)

4. Poetic Meter Meters are the rhythms within poems. stressed Meters are the arrangement of stressed/ unstressed syllables to occur at apparently equal intervals. Metered verse has prescribed rules as to the number and placement of syllables used per line.

5. Poetic Foot A poetic foot A poetic foot is a repeated sequence of rhythm comprised of two or more stressed and/or unstressed syllables. Poetic meterpoetic feet Poetic meter is comprised of poetic feet

6. Five main patterns to poetic feet: 1. Iambic 2. Trochaic 3. Anapestic 4. Dactylic 5. Spondaic

7. Combinations of Poetic Feet One monometer One foot per line: monometer Two dimeter Two feet per line : dimeter Three trimeter Three feet per line : trimeter Four tetrameter Four feet per line : tetrameter Five pentameter Five feet per line : pentameter Six hexameter Six feet per line : hexameter

8. Type + Number = Meter Types of Poetic Feet I ambic (1 unstressed + 1 stressed) Trochaic (1 stressed + 1 unstressed) Anapestic (2 unstressed + 1 stressed) Dactylic (1 stressed + 2 unstressed) Spondaic (all syllables equal) Number of feet per line Monometer Dimeter Trimeter Tetrameter Pentameter Hexameter

9. Numerical Prefixes Monotone = Divide = TRIangle = QUADrilateral = PENTAgon = HEXAgon =

10. Trochaic Pattern 1 stressed syllable 1 stressed syllable followed by 1 unstressed syllable EXAMPLES: EXAMPLES: – garland (GAR-land) – speaking (SPEAK-ing) – value (VAL-ue)

11. Iambic Pentameter IAMB = metrical FOOT with one unstressed syllable and a 2 nd STRESSED syllable. PENTA = FIVE! Iambic Pentameter = Five, 2 syllable, feet (10 syllables in each line)

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

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

14. How sweet the moonlight sleeps uponthis bank!

15. WHY did Shakespeare use iambic pentameter? To show emotion or importance 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. Shakespeare was meant to be heard!

16. Living iambic pentameter DO!

17. Iambic Pentameter Practice I NEED ten VOL un TEERS to COME up FRONT.

18. Macbeth 2.2.60-66 Lady Macbeth: 1. And wash this filthy witness from your hand 2. Why did you bring these daggers from the place? 3. They must lie there. Go carry them and smear 4. The sleepy grooms with blood. Macbeth:I’ll go no more. 5. I am afraid to think what I have done.

19. Five (PENTA) feet (IAMBS) = IAMBIC PENTAMETER! As YOU can SEE it’s NOT that HARD to LEARN. You CAN see it’s not THAT hard TO learn THIS. You CAN write JUST like SHAKE speare DID back THEN. Did YOU know THAT I’m WRIT ing LIKE that NOW? And IT gets EA si ER the MORE you TRY. I AMB ic PEN ta ME ter’s NOT that BAD!

20. You try! Write 3-5 lines in iambic pentameter about yourself – ON YOUR INDEX CARD! Write your name on your card to be collected, but DO NOT include your name IN the poem so we can guess who wrote it. As a card is read, you will try to guess who it is.

21. Who is it? He COMES from CAnaDA, a POP sinGER. By SINGing ON youTUBE beCAME faMOUS DaTED DisNEY star SEleNA GoMEZ

22. Example: My fav’rite animal’s the long necked giraffe. I come from Maui the valley isle I teach at Campbell High in the tenth grade.