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Accent |
The strong beat we give to syllables |
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Accentual Meter |
Lines of poems have varying meter but each line has the same number of strong syllables
Ex: Ba-Ba Black Sheep |
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Different Meters |
Mono- One foot Di-Two feet Tri-Three feet Tetra-Four feet Penta-Five feet Hexa-Six feet Hepta-Seven feet Octa-Eigtht feet |
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Different Poetic Feet |
Iambic- Unstressed, Stressed Two Syllables Trochee ( Trochaic)- Stressed, Unstressed Two Syllables Spondee ( Spondaic)- Stressed, Stressed, Two Syllables Anapest( Anapestic)- Unstressed, Unstressed, Stressed Three Syllables Dactly ( Dactylic)- Stressed, Unstressed, Unstressed Three Syllables Pyrrhic- Unstressed, Unstressed Two Syllables |
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Iambic Pentameter |
Five iambs in a line. 10 Syllables Total |
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Blank Verse |
Iambic pentameter but does not rhyme |
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Free Verse, or Open Form |
no rhyme, no rhythm, no meter |
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Cadence |
More generally, the natural rhythm of languauge depending on the position od stressed and unstressed syllables. Cadence is a major component of individual wiriters' styles |
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Scansion or Prosody |
Checking for patterns in meter. Putting the lines and curves over the syllables to see if a poewn is regualr or irregular. |
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Rising Meter and Falling Meter |
Rising meter: a meter whose movement rises from an unstressed syllable or syllables to a stressed syllable. Iambs and anapests Ex: Forget and Detroit
Falling Meter: the first syllable is accented, followed by one or more unaccented syllables. Trochees and dactyls. Ex: Comedy and Awful
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Common Meter |
A poetic meter consisting of four lines which alternate beter iambic tetrameter and iambi trimeter |
