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Page 1: OVERVIEW: THE MUSIC AND FORMS OF POETRY. NO UNIVERSALLY AGREED UPON DEFINITION AS TO WHAT A POEM IS, BUT ONE ESSENTIAL FACT IS THAT POETRY BEGAN AS

OVERVIEW:

THE MUSIC AND FORMS

OF POETRY

Page 2: OVERVIEW: THE MUSIC AND FORMS OF POETRY. NO UNIVERSALLY AGREED UPON DEFINITION AS TO WHAT A POEM IS, BUT ONE ESSENTIAL FACT IS THAT POETRY BEGAN AS

NO UNIVERSALLY AGREED

UPON DEFINITION AS TO WHAT

A POEM IS, BUT ONE ESSENTIAL

FACT IS THAT POETRY BEGAN

AS SONG.

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WHAT MOST DISTINGUISHES

POETRY FROM PROSE ARE ITS

MUSICAL QUALITIES: I.E., ITS

RHYTHM, SOUND, &

STRUCTURAL PATTERNS.

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LANGUAGE CONSISTS OF A

SEQUENCE OF SOUNDS

(VOWELS & CONSONANTS)

ORGANIZED INTO SYLLABLES OF

VARYING EMPHASIS (OR

“STRESS”).

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IF A POEM’S RHYTHM IS

ORGANIZED INTO A RECURRING

PATTERN, THIS IS CALLED

METER.

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PROCESS OF ANALYZING A

POEM’S METER (I.E., OF

DETERMINING THE PATTERN OF

STRESSED & UNSTRESSED

SYLLABLES PER LINE) IS CALLED

SCANSION.

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OF THE FOUR METRICAL

SYSTEMS IN ENGLISH POETRY,

THE MOST COMMON BY FAR IS

ACCENTUAL-SYLLABIC

METER.

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IN THIS METRICAL SYSTEM THE

BASIC RHYTHMIC UNIT IS

CALLED A FOOT (A

COMBINATION OF 2 OR 3

STRESSED AND/OR

UNSTRESSED SYLLABLES).

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THE FOUR MOST COMMON FEET

IN ENGLISH POETRY:

◦ IAMB (adj. IAMBIC)

unstressed-stressed (UPON,

AWARE)

◦ TROCHEE (adj. TROCHAIC)

stressed-unstressed (POEM,

DELHI)

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FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO

THE RISE OF FREE VERSE IN

THE 20TH CENTURY, IAMBIC

METER WAS THE MOST

COMMON IN ENGLISH POETRY,

CONSIDERED BY MANY TO BE

THE METER CLOSEST TO

EVERYDAY SPEECH.

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NUMBER OF FEET PER LINE:◦ 1--MONOMETER◦ 2--DIMETER◦ 3--TRIMETER◦ 4--TETRAMETER◦ 5--PENTAMETER◦ 6--HEXAMETER◦ 7--HEPTAMETER

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MOST COMMON METRICAL LINE

(OR BASE RHYTHM) IN

ENGLISH POETRY IS IAMBIC

PENTAMETER.

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TOO REGULAR OR OBVIOUS A

METER CAN BECOME BORING,

SO POETS OFTEN INTRODUCE

VARIATIONS INTO THE BASE

RHYTHM OF A POEM.

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MORE THAN ANY OTHER

ELEMENT, RHYME IS WHAT

MOST PEOPLE ASSOCIATE WITH

POETRY.

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RHYME IS THE CORRESPONDENCE, IN

TWO OR MORE WORDS, BETWEEN A VOWEL

SOUND AND ANY SUBSEQUENT SOUNDS

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1. Poetry has its roots in________?

2. Define ‘prose’ How is prose different from poetry? (3 things)

3. What three things make up ‘language’?

4. What is ‘meter’? 5. ‘Foot’ relates to: a) meter

b) scansion C) ACCENTUAL-SYLLABIC METER D) All of these

6. Iambic pentameter is made up of ____ a) 1 b) 5 c) 3 d) 6 groups of stressed/unstressed syllables.

7. Rhyme is the _____________in 2 or more words, between a _________ sound and any subsequent ________.

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Focus is on:◦ The collection of words put together

(intentional)◦ Words chosen are ‘highly charged

with meaning’ Creates:

◦ Emotion in the reader◦ Full of imagery◦ Gets the reader to ‘relate’

Meant to be read ALOUD


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