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Patterns of Rhythm. Bedford Introduction to Literature Chapter 27. Principles of Meter. Measures stressed and unstressed syllables Meter – the pattern of syllables Stressed – Unstressed – ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ Syl- la-ble Syl- la- ble. Meter in Every Day Language.
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Patterns of Rhythm Bedford Introduction to Literature Chapter 27
Principles of Meter • Measures stressed and unstressed syllables • Meter – the pattern of syllables • Stressed – • Unstressed – ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ Syl-la-ble Syl-la-ble
Meter in Every Day Language • Repeat these words: • Away • Lovely • Understand • Desperate • Dead Set
Types of Meter • Foot – a metrical unit by which a line of poetry is measured. Contains two or three syllables. Foot Pattern Example ˘ Iamb ˘ a – way ˘ Trochee ˘ Love - ly
Types of Meter Foot Pattern Example ˘ ˘ anapest ˘ ˘ un – der - stand ˘ ˘ dactyl ˘ ˘ des – per – ate spondee dead set Pyrrhic ˘ ˘
Practice Time ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ Hickory dickory doc ˘ ˘ ˘ The mouse ran up the clock ˘ ˘ The clock struck one ˘ ˘ And down he run ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ Hickory dickory doc
Metrical Lines • Page 894 in the Bedford Rising Meters – metrical lines moving from unstressed to stressed sounds Falling Meters – metrical lines moving from stressed to unstressed sounds
Lines of Poetry • Line - measured by the number of feet it contains monometer – one foot pentameter – five feet dimeter – two feet hexameter – six feet trimeter – three feet heptameter – seven feet tetrameter – four feet octameter – eight feet