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Introduction to Poetic M eter

Introduction to Poetic M eter. Peters, 2013. What is METER?. Any piece of writing (or music) in which there is a regular pattern of beats is said to have ‘meter’ The patterns are made of hard and soft beats Let’s identify some patterns…. The pattern. ~ /. This represents a soft beat.

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Introduction to Poetic M eter

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  1. Introduction to Poetic Meter Peters, 2013

  2. What is METER? • Any piece of writing (or music) in which there is a regular pattern of beats is said to have ‘meter’ • The patterns are made of hard and soft beats • Let’s identify some patterns…

  3. The pattern ~ / This represents a soft beat Together, the repeat of a combination is called a “foot” This respresents a hard beat

  4. Look at the following patterns and count how many feet you can see! • ~/~/~/~/~/ • ~~/~~/~~/ • /~/~/~/~/~/~ • /~/~/~/~ • /~~/~~

  5. To name the line, use the following

  6. Label the following patterns • ~/ ~/ ~/ ~/ ~/ • ~~/ ~~/ ~~/ • /~/~/~/~/~/~ • /~~ /~~

  7. What are the different feet called? We describe a poetic line, then, by its type and number of poetic feet. For example, 5 iambs = iambic pentameter (ah, Shakespeare!!!)

  8. Chaucer wrote in two rhyming lines of iambic pentamter, known as a “heroic couplet”Shakespeare borrowed this form to express love and wickedness ~ / ~ / ~ / ~ / ~ / He knew the way to sit a horse and ride ~ / ~ / ~ / ~ / ~ / He could make songs and poems and recite

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