Iambic Pentameter Iambic pentameter defined n n n
Iambic Pentameter
Iambic pentameter defined n n n Iambic= one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable Pentameter= 10 syllables per line Almost all of Romeo and Juliet is written in blank verse (no rhyming words) using Iambic Pentameter It is very difficult to structure thoughts using this style of poetry This may explain why some of Shakespeare’s phrasings may seem odd to the reader
Stressed and Unstressed syllables = unstressed n / = stressed n
Iambic words n The following are examples of iambic words n n n n n What does Iambic mean again? Verbose Become Baboon Advance Buffoon Cocoon Bamboo Write these words down and chart them using and / Now, come up with a word from your current surroundings that is iambic in form
Answers For each of the iambic words you should have placed an “ ” on top of the unstressed syllable (the first syllable) and a “/” on top of the stressed syllable n EX: / n Verbose n
Iambic Pentameter phrases weak. STRONGweak. STRONG n I am I am / / / n I am a pirate with a wooden leg n
Try charting these… n / / / So foul and fair a day I have not seen. = 10 syllables n / / / But soft: what light through yonder window breaks? = 10 syllables
What is the opposite of iambic? Trochaic n Trochaic words start with a stressed syllable and end with an unstressed syllable n You can have trochaic words in iambic pentameter n
Examples of trochaic words n n n n Pirate Answer Tuesday Angel Married Golden Flashing Now… think of a trochaic word around you.
Take some more notes! Go to the following website: n https: //www. shmoop. com/macbeth/writingstyle. html n (Try copying and pasting the link. ) n Take notes on Blank Verse, Trochaic Tetrameter with Rhymed Couplets, and Prose, and anything else you see as important! n
Assignment Time! n n Pick ANY topic of your choice (appropriate for school). Ideas could be school, family, friendship, love, sports, your future… Choose a topic that you have a lot to say on, because this is the beginning of your first Sonnet! Write 4 lines based on the topic you have chosen using IAMBIC PENTAMETER =). That means 10 syllables, with 5 unstressed and 5 stressed. Make the 1 st and 3 rd lines rhyme, and the 2 nd and 4 th line rhyme.
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