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The Mechanics of Poetry

The Mechanics of Poetry. From Sound and Sense: An Introduction to Poetry 3 rd ed By Laurence Perrine Harcourt, Brace,& World: New York, 1963. Element 1: Rhythm . Reoccurance of movement or sound that invites the keeping of time—foot tapping

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The Mechanics of Poetry

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  1. The Mechanics of Poetry From Sound and Sense: An Introduction to Poetry 3rded By Laurence Perrine Harcourt, Brace,& World: New York, 1963

  2. Element 1: Rhythm Reoccurance of movement or sound that invites the keeping of time—foot tapping In speech rhythm is found in accented syllables and unaccented syllables. Cadenence: modulation or inflection of the voice Poetry creates a lyrical, musical, rhythmic cadence as we read the lines of a poem

  3. Element 2: Meter Measured accents in a line of poetry occur at equally spaced intervals to create a meter that we can keep time with, as to tap our foot to the beat or to recognize the rhythm or to the meter. Metrical language or verse or poetry Note all poetry is metrical

  4. Meter and Rhythm in Poetry To measure the meter in poetry, we must have units: foot One accented syllable with one or more unaccented syllables (U/)

  5. Element 3: Scansion Scanning a poem to determine its meter: Discovering the the accented syllables and the unaccented syllables

  6. Poetic Feet

  7. Lines of Poetry

  8. Stanza Consists of a group of lines whose metrical pattern is repeated throughout the poem. To scan a poem, must do 3 things: 1. identify the main foot (iamb) 2. count the number of feet in the line (5 feet) 3. describe the stanza pattern (iambic pentameter)

  9. Rhyme Scheme To determine the rhyme scheme, assign a letter in the alphabet the word ending each line of the poem.

  10. Rhyme Scheme Poets will create a pattern of repeating rhyming sounds at the end of each line: Rhyme Scheme. To determine the rhyme scheme, assign a new letter to the ending word each time a new middle vowel sound occurs

  11.   U / U / U / U / Whose woods/ these are /I think /I know. A  U / U / U / U / His house /is in /the viill/age though; A  U / U / U / U / He will/ not see /me stop/ping here B U / U / U / U / To watch /his woods/ fill up/ with snow. A

  12.   U / U / U / U / Whose woods/ these are /I think /I know. A  U / U / U / U / His house /is in /the village though; A U / U / U / U / He will/ not see /me stop/ping here B U / U / U / U / To watch /his woods/ fill up/ with snow. A • Iambic=U- • Fist line=3 iambic feet so it is iambic trimeter • Next 3 lines are 4 iambic feet so they are iambic tetrameter • Rhyme Scheme ABCA

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