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Meter and Scansion

Meter and Scansion. The intended effects of stress. The foot- --1 stressed and 1 or more unstressed syllables Iamb u / = rising meter the movement is toward the stress Trochee (reverse of iamb) / u = falling meter the movement is away from the stress Anapest (3 syllables) u u /

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Meter and Scansion

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  1. Meter and Scansion The intended effects of stress

  2. The foot---1 stressed and 1 or more unstressed syllables Iamb u / = rising meter the movement is toward the stress Trochee (reverse of iamb) / u = falling meter the movement is away from the stress Anapest (3 syllables) u u / Dactylic (reverse of anapest) / u u Basic unit of meter in poetry is

  3. Analysis of the rhythm of poem (scan for the poetic foot and number of feet Will have 2 (maybe 3) parts of a name Types of feet Monometer (1 foot/line) Dimeter (2 feet/line) Trimeter (3 feet/line) Tetrameter (4 feet/line) Pentameter (5 feet/line) Hexameter (6 feet/line) Scansion

  4. Examples • “To a Waterfowl”---iambic trimeter • “The Bells”---irregular iambic pentameter • “Brahma”---irregular iambic tetrameter • “The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls”---irregular iambic tetrameter • “The Courtin’”---iambic tetrameter and irregular iambic trimeter

  5. How in the world did you come up with those names for that poetry? • Read lines in context • Mark stressed and unstressed syllables • Divide into feet • Count feet • Note any irregularities

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