geschke/english iii meter practice meter practice ***examples taken from: ses/handbook/meter.html
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Geschke/English III Meter Practice
Meter Practice
***examples taken from:
http://www.english.emory.edu/classes/Handbook/meter.html
Geschke/English III Meter Practice
Example 1
• That time of year thou mayst in me behold
Geschke/English III Meter Practice
Example 1
• Count the number of syllables– That time of year thou mayst in me behold
• 10• Look at the multi-syllable word(s)• Behold• Correct Pronunciation? ˘ ΄ ΄ ˘• Behold or Behold
Geschke/English III Meter Practice
Example 1
• That time of year thou mayst in me behold
˘ ΄ ˘ ΄ ˘ ΄ ˘ ΄ ˘ ΄• That time of year thou mayst in me behold
• Iambic Pentameter
Geschke/English III Meter Practice
Example 2
• Tell me not in mournful numbers
Geschke/English III Meter Practice
Example 2
• Tell me not in mournful numbers
΄ ˘ ΄ ˘ ΄ ˘ ΄ ˘
• Tell me not in mournful numbers
• Trochaic Tetrameter
Geschke/English III Meter Practice
Example 3
• And the sound of a voice that is still
Geschke/English III Meter Practice
Example 3
• And the sound of a voice that is still
˘ ˘ ΄ ˘ ˘ ΄ ˘ ˘ ΄
• And the sound of a voice that is still
• Anapestic Trimeter
Geschke/English III Meter Practice
Example 4
• This is the forest primeval, the
murmuring pine and the hemlocks
Geschke/English III Meter Practice
Example 4
΄ ˘ ˘ ΄ ˘ ˘ ΄ ˘ ˘
• This is the forest primeval, the ΄ ˘ ˘ ΄ ˘ ˘ ΄ ˘murmuring pine and the hemlocks
• Dactylic Hexameter Catalectic