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Meter in Poetry

Meter in Poetry. Yaerin Song. What is Meter in Poetry?. Repeated arrangement of stressed (accented/ long) and unstressed (unaccented/ short) syllables In lines of a limited length. Foot. Unit Pair of unstressed (unaccented/ short) and stressed (accented/ long) syllables

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Meter in Poetry

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  1. Meter in Poetry Yaerin Song

  2. What is Meter in Poetry? Repeated arrangement of stressed (accented/ long) and unstressed (unaccented/ short) syllables In lines of a limited length

  3. Foot • Unit • Pair of unstressed (unaccented/ short) and stressed (accented/ long) syllables • Line contains five feet

  4. Iamb • Foot containing an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable • Five feet in line (iambic): iambic pentameter • “pent-”: five • Poetry lines with five feet: pentameter

  5. Different Stress Patterns Iamb: unstressed + stressed two syllables Trochee: stressed + unstressed two syllables Spondee: stressed + stressed two syllables Anapest: unstressed + unstressed + stressed three syllables Dactyl: stressed + unstressed + unstressed three syllables

  6. Length of Lines and Meters Monometer one foot Dimeter two feet Trimeter three feet Tetrameter four feet Pentameter five feet Hexameter six feet Heptameter seven feet Octameter eight feet

  7. Meter • Type of foot • Number of feet • Ex. Three iambic feet: iambic triameter • Ex. Six dactylic feet: dactylic hexameter

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