Poetry Meter There are five types of meter

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Poetry Meter

Poetry Meter

There are five types of meter we will study: • • • Iamb Trochee

There are five types of meter we will study: • • • Iamb Trochee Spondee Dactyl Anapest

Stressed (/) vs. Unstressed (U) • Stress = emphasis on a syllable • How

Stressed (/) vs. Unstressed (U) • Stress = emphasis on a syllable • How are these words stressed? ▫ Record ▫ Photography ▫ Photographic

Stress and Rhythm • Most of the time, stressed and unstressed syllables will occur

Stress and Rhythm • Most of the time, stressed and unstressed syllables will occur in a pattern. • There are five types that you should know: iamb, trochee, spondee, dactyl, anapest

Iamb • Two syllable foot that is stressed in the second syllable (unstressed-stressed) •

Iamb • Two syllable foot that is stressed in the second syllable (unstressed-stressed) • “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day Thou art more lovely and more temperate” ▫ Shakespeare

Trochee • Two syllable foot that is stressed in the first syllable (stressed-unstressed) •

Trochee • Two syllable foot that is stressed in the first syllable (stressed-unstressed) • “Double, double toil and trouble fire burn and cauldron bubble” ▫ Shakespeare

Spondee • A two syllable foot where both feet are stressed (stressed-stressed) • “White

Spondee • A two syllable foot where both feet are stressed (stressed-stressed) • “White founts falling in the courts of the sun” ▫ Chesterton

Dactyl • A three syllable foot where the first syllable is stressed (stressed-unstressed) •

Dactyl • A three syllable foot where the first syllable is stressed (stressed-unstressed) • “Out of the cradle endlessly rocking Out of the mockingbird’s throat, the musical shuttle” ▫ Whitman

Anapest • A three syllable foot where the last syllable is stressed (unstressed-stressed) •

Anapest • A three syllable foot where the last syllable is stressed (unstressed-stressed) • “Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house” ▫ Anonymous

Let’s practice together! • “Be near me when my light is low When the

Let’s practice together! • “Be near me when my light is low When the blood creeps and the nerve pricks and tingle; and the heart is sick” ▫ Tennyson ▫ Spondee, Iambic, Anapest

• “to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield” ▫ Tennyson

• “to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield” ▫ Tennyson ▫ Iambic

• “Just for a handful of silver he left us Just for a

• “Just for a handful of silver he left us Just for a riband to stick in his coat” ▫ Browning ▫ Dactyl

• “I must finish my journey alone” ▫ Cowper ▫ Anapest

• “I must finish my journey alone” ▫ Cowper ▫ Anapest

• “Ah distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December And each

• “Ah distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor” ▫ Poe ▫ Trochee

Questions?

Questions?

Practice in Groups of Three! • Use the poem “I Know why the Caged

Practice in Groups of Three! • Use the poem “I Know why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou and analyze the meter of the poem

On Your OWN! • Use the poem “Hope is the thing with Feathers” by

On Your OWN! • Use the poem “Hope is the thing with Feathers” by Emily Dickinson and analyze the meter

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