the rhythm of poetry:
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The Rhythm of Poetry:. Poetic Form. Poetic Structure. Form : the structure of a poem, or how it is set up and organized, which includes: Rhyme scheme : the pattern created by the rhymed lines in a poem ( usually labeled by letters of the alphabet) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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TheThe RhythmRhythm ofof Poetry:Poetry:
Poetic FormPoetic Form
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Poetic Structure• Form: the structure of a poem, or how it is set up and organized,
which includes:• Rhyme scheme: the pattern created by the rhymed lines in a poem
( usually labeled by letters of the alphabet)• Meter: the pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables in a poem• Line Divisions:
– Quatrains: 4 lines– Couplets: two lines– Octaves: 8 lines– Sestets: 6 lines
• Persona: The speaker of the poem, determining point of view. (never called “narrator,” which is a specific term for prose)
• …analysis of these elements is called scansion
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Scansion • (1) the act of scanning, or analyzing poetry
in terms of its rhythmic components • (2) the graphic representation,
indicated by marked accents, feet, etc., of the rhythm of a line or lines of verse – You may have seen scansion marks like the
following: The curved lines are “unstressed” syllables while the straight slashes are “stressed”
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Poetic Meter• Meters are the rhythms within poems. • Meters are the arrangement of
stressedstressed/unstressed syllables to occur at apparently equal intervals.
• Metered verse has prescribed rules as to the number and placement of syllables used per line.
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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)
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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)
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Five main patterns to poetic feet:
1. Iambic2. Trochaic3. Anapestic4. Dactylic5. Spondaic
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Trochaic PatternTrochaic Pattern• 1 stressed syllable1 stressed syllable followed by 1
unstressed syllable • EXAMPLES:EXAMPLES:
– garland (GAR-land)– speaking (SPEAK-ing)– value (VAL-ue)
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Anapestic patternAnapestic pattern• 2 unstressed syllables followed by 1
stressed syllable• EXAMPLES:EXAMPLES:
– on the roadroad– interrupt (in-ter-RUPTRUPT)– unabridgedbridged
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Dactylic patternDactylic pattern• 1 stressed syllable1 stressed syllable followed
by 2 unstressed syllables• EXAMPLE:EXAMPLE:
– happiness (HAP-pi-ness)– galloping (GAL-lop-ing)– forfortunate
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Spondaic PatternSpondaic Pattern• All syllables have equal stress• EXAMPLE:EXAMPLE:
– Heartbreak – “Out, out…”– "pen-knife," "ad hoc," "heartburn"
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Iambic patternIambic pattern• 1 unstressed syllable followed by 1
stressed syllable • EXAMPLES:EXAMPLES:
– repose (re-POSEPOSE)– belief (be-LIEFLIEF)– complete (com-PLETEPLETE)
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Poetic Foot • A poetic footA poetic foot is a repeated sequence
of rhythm comprised of two or more stressed and/or unstressed syllables.
• Poetic meterPoetic meter is comprised of poetic feetpoetic feet
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The Iambic foot• The iamb = (1 unstressed syllable + 1 stressed syllable) is the
most commonmost common poetic foot in English verse.• iambic foot examples:iambic foot examples:
– behold – destroy – the sun (articles such as “the” would be considered unstressed syllables)
– and watch (conjunctions such as and would be considered unstressed syllables)
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Lines containing iambic feetiambic feet• Behold / and watch / the sun / destroy / and grow (5 iambs)
• When I / do COUNT / the CLOCK / that TELLS / the TIME [Shakespeare’s Sonnet 12] (5 iambs)
• Shall I / compare /thee to / a sum / mer's day? [Shakespeare’s Sonnet 12] (5 iambs)
• Come live/ with me/ and be/ my love (4 iambs)
(poem by Christopher Marlowe)
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Trochaic poem:Trochaic poem: a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's “The Song of Hiawatha”By the / shores of / Gitche / Gumee, By the / shining / Big-Sea /-Water, Stood the / wigwam / of No / komis, Daughter / of the / Moon, No / komis. Dark behind it rose the forest, Rose the black and gloomy pine-trees, Rose the firs with cones upon them; Bright before' it beat the water, Beat the clear and sunny water, Beat the shining Big-Sea-Water.
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Anapestic poetry: 2 unstressed syllables + 1 stressed one
Limericks contain anapestic meter (in blue)
A Limerick by Edward Lear: There was / an Old Man / with a beard,
Who said, "It is just / as I feared!Two Owls / and a Hen,Four Larks / and a Wren,Have all / built their nests / in my beard!"
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Dactylic poem: 1 stressed + 2 unstressed
Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Half a league, / half a league, Half a league / onward, All in the / valley of / Death
Rode the / six hundred. "Forward, the / Light Brigade! Charge for the / guns!" he said: Into the / valley of / Death
Rode the / six hundred.
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SpondaicSpondaic Poem: 2 equal syllables
• Because of this nature of the spondee, a serious poem cannot a serious poem cannot be solely spondaicbe solely spondaic.
• It would be almost impossible to construct a poem entirely of stressed syllablesentirely of stressed syllables.
• Therefore, the spondee usually usually occurs within a poemoccurs within a poem having another dominant rhythm scheme.
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Combinations of Poetic Feet • OneOne foot per line: monometer monometer • TwoTwo feet per line : dimeterdimeter • ThreeThree feet per line : trimetertrimeter• FourFour feet per line : tetrametertetrameter • FiveFive feet per line : pentameterpentameter • Six Six feet per line : hexameterhexameter
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Type + Number = Meter Types of Poetic Feet
• Iambic (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
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Meters & Feet•Q:Q: If a poem had 1 foot per line1 foot per line,
and the foot was iambiciambic (1 unstressed + 1 stressed), what type of poem would it be?
•A:A: Iambic monometermonometer
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Meters & Feet•Q:Q: If a poem had 2 feet per line2 feet per line,
and the foot was iambiciambic (1 unstressed + 1 stressed), what type of poem would it be?
•A:A: Iambic dimeterdimeter
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Meters & Feet•Q:Q: If a poem had 3 feet per line3 feet per line,
and the foot was iambiciambic (1 unstressed + 1 stressed), what type of poem would it be?
•A:A: Iambic trimetertrimeter
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Meters & Feet•Q:Q: If a poem had 4 feet per line4 feet per line,
and the foot was iambiciambic (1 unstressed + 1 stressed), what type of poem would it be?
•A:A: Iambic tetrametertetrameter
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Meters & Feet•Q:Q: If a poem had 5 feet per line5 feet per line,
and the foot was iambiciambic (1 unstressed + 1 stressed), what type of poem would it be?
•A:A: Iambic pentameterpentameter
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Meters & Feet•Q:Q: If a poem had 3 feet per line3 feet per line,
and the foot was trochaictrochaic (1 stressed +1 unstressed), what type of poem would it be?
•A:A: Trochaic trimetertrimeter