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Prose – words, phrases, sentences, Prose – words, phrases, sentences, paragraphs, chaptersparagraphs, chapters

Poetry – syllables, feet, lines, stanzas, cantosPoetry – syllables, feet, lines, stanzas, cantosWithout the division of lines – no poem, Without the division of lines – no poem,

without the meter – no musicwithout the meter – no music

MeterMeter Rhythm – pulse or beat we feel in a phrase of music or a poem. Rhythm – pulse or beat we feel in a phrase of music or a poem.

Sense of rhythm comes from everyday life and experiences with Sense of rhythm comes from everyday life and experiences with language and musiclanguage and music

Meter – poetry’s rhythm or its pattern of stressed and unstressed Meter – poetry’s rhythm or its pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. syllables.

Poetic foot – is a measured unit of meter, made up of stressed and Poetic foot – is a measured unit of meter, made up of stressed and unstressed syllablesunstressed syllables

Lexical stress – dictionary stressLexical stress – dictionary stressRhetorical stress – stress placed on a word for effectRhetorical stress – stress placed on a word for effect

Metrical stress – expectation drives the stress, meter gets Metrical stress – expectation drives the stress, meter gets establishedestablished

Whose woods/ these are/ I think / I know Whose woods/ these are/ I think / I know

Type of metric foot accent/stress Type of metric foot accent/stress example example

Iambic/ iambIambic/ iamb / / today, balloon today, balloon Trochaic/ trocheeTrochaic/ trochee / / happy, soda happy, soda Anapestic/ anapest Anapestic/ anapest / obvious, contradict / obvious, contradict Dactyllic/dactyl Dactyllic/dactyl / / cigarette, maniac cigarette, maniac Spondaic/spondeeSpondaic/spondee / / Downtown, / / Downtown,

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Da dumDa dum

DA dum (FORest) = TrocheeDA dum (FORest) = Trochee DA DUM (RED CAT) = SpondeeDA DUM (RED CAT) = Spondee da da DUM (like a WOLF) = da da DUM (like a WOLF) =

AnapestAnapest DA da DUM (CUT the FLESH) = DA da DUM (CUT the FLESH) =

DactylDactyl da dum (and the) (-ing the) = da dum (and the) (-ing the) =

PyrrhicPyrrhic

metermeter Duple – two syllable feet - - -ITDuple – two syllable feet - - -IT Triple – three syllable feet - - ADTriple – three syllable feet - - AD Rising feet/ascending feet– iamb, anapest - - Rising feet/ascending feet– iamb, anapest - -

vowelsvowels Falling/descending feet – trochee, dactyl - - - Falling/descending feet – trochee, dactyl - - -

consonants consonants Substitute feet – spondee, pyrrhicSubstitute feet – spondee, pyrrhic Amphibrach – a foot with unstressed, stressed, Amphibrach – a foot with unstressed, stressed,

unstressed syllables unstressed syllables / / Chicago Chicago Anacrusis – an extra unaccented syllable at the Anacrusis – an extra unaccented syllable at the

beginning of a line before the regular meter beginning of a line before the regular meter beginsbeginsMine by the right of the white electionMine by the right of the white election

Number of metric feetNumber of metric feetType of LineType of Line

One footOne foot monometermonometer Two feetTwo feet dimeterdimeter Three feetThree feet trimetertrimeter Four feetFour feet tetrametertetrameter Five feetFive feet pentameterpentameter Six feetSix feet hexameterhexameter Seven feetSeven feet heptameterheptameter Eight feetEight feet octometeroctometer Nine feetNine feet nonometernonometer

metermeter Amphimacer – a foot with stressed, unstressed, Amphimacer – a foot with stressed, unstressed,

stressed syllablesstressed syllables / / / attitude / attitude Catalexis – an extra unaccented syllable at the Catalexis – an extra unaccented syllable at the

ending of a line after the regular meter ends ending of a line after the regular meter ends (opposite of anacrusis) (opposite of anacrusis)

Scansion – the analysis of these mechanical Scansion – the analysis of these mechanical elements within a poem to determine meter. elements within a poem to determine meter.

Feet are marked off with slashes /Feet are marked off with slashes /

Bĕcaǘse/ Ĭ coǘld / nŏt stóp/ fŏr deáthBĕcaǘse/ Ĭ coǘld / nŏt stóp/ fŏr deáth

Can you figure out the number and Can you figure out the number and type of feet?type of feet?

Iambic pentameter_____________Iambic pentameter_____________ Dactylic Trimeter _____________Dactylic Trimeter _____________ Anapestic dimeter ______________Anapestic dimeter ______________ Spondaic monometer ______________Spondaic monometer ______________ Trochaic tetrameter ______________Trochaic tetrameter ______________

Anapestic TetrameterAnapestic Tetrameter

From "The Destruction of Sennacherib," by George Gordon Lord Byron From "The Destruction of Sennacherib," by George Gordon Lord Byron

........1.......................2..........................3......................4 ........1.......................2..........................3......................4 The As SYR..|..ian came DOWN..|..like the WOLF..|..on the FOLD, The As SYR..|..ian came DOWN..|..like the WOLF..|..on the FOLD,

........1.......................2..........................3....................4 ........1.......................2..........................3....................4 And his CO..|..horts were GLEAM..|..ing in PUR..|..ple and GOLD; And his CO..|..horts were GLEAM..|..ing in PUR..|..ple and GOLD;

.........1.........................2.............................3.......................4 .........1.........................2.............................3.......................4 And the SHEEN..|..of their SPEARS..|..was like STARS..|..on the SEA And the SHEEN..|..of their SPEARS..|..was like STARS..|..on the SEA

StanzasStanzas Metric feet make up lines, which make up Metric feet make up lines, which make up

stanzasstanzas

Number of linesNumber of lines Type of Stanza Type of Stanza TwoTwo couplet couplet ThreeThree tercet tercet FourFour quatrain quatrain FiveFive cinquain cinquain SixSix sestet sestet SevenSeven septet septet EightEight octet/ octave octet/ octave NineNine x-line stanzax-line stanza

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