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Scansion

Scansion. The Rules of Poetic Structure. A look at structure…. Whose woods these are I think I know His house is in the village though He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. Metric Patterns - Meter. u / u / u / u /

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Scansion

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  1. Scansion The Rules of Poetic Structure

  2. A look at structure… Whose woods these are I think I know His house is in the village though He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow

  3. Metric Patterns - Meter u / u / u / u / Whose woods│these are │I think │I know u / u / u / u / His house │is in │the vil │lage though u / u / u / u / He will │not see │me stop │ping here u / u / u / u / To watch │his woods │fill up │with snow

  4. Iambic and Trochaic • Both have two syllables per foot • Iambic • u / (away) • The fall /ing out / of faith / ful friends • Trochaic • / u (coming) • Double / double /toil and / trouble

  5. Iambic and Trochaic Practice Identify each as iambic or trochaic • Sunday 8. birthday • correct 9. simple • believe 10. because • dispute 11. sister • convey 12. laughter • gather 13. music • relief 14. attack 15. Create two examples of Iamb. 16. Create two examples of Trochee.

  6. Anapestic and Dactylic • Both have three syllables per foot • Anapestic • u u / (cannonade) • I am mon / arch of all / I survey • Dactylic • / u u (victory) • Take her up / tenderly

  7. Anapestic and Dactylic Practice Identify each as anapestic or dactylic • fugitive 8. rhapsody • beautiful 9. lemonade • contradict 10. syllable • alkaline 11. arrogant • satisfy 12. indigo • understand 13. masquerade • disappear 14. interject 15. Create two examples of Anapest. 16. Create two examples of Dactyl.

  8. Spondee and Pyrrhic • Rarely used • Spondee • / / • Pyrrhic • u u u u / / u u / / And the white breast of the dim sea

  9. Metrical Feet 1 2 3 4 Whose woods│these are │I think│I know His house│is in │thevil │lage though He will│not see │mestop │ping here To watch│his woods │fill up│with snow

  10. Metrical Feet • One Foot = Monometer • Two Feet = Dimeter • Three Feet = Trimeter • Four Feet = Tetrameter • Five Feet = Pentameter • Six Feet = Hexameter • Seven Feet = Heptameter • Eight Feet = Octameter

  11. Metrical Feet • Once upon a midnight dreary • Leaf again, life again • Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me • How do I love thee? Let me count the ways • I am called to the front of the room

  12. Metrical Feet • Once upon a midnightdreary • trochaic tetrameter • Leaf again, life again • dactylic dimeter • Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me • iambic heptameter

  13. Metrical Feet • How do I love thee? Let me count the ways • iambic pentameter • I am called to the front of the room • anapestic trimeter

  14. Other Metrical Terms • Amphibrach • A foot with unstressed, stressed, unstressed syllables ( U / U ) e.g. Chicago • Anàcrusis • An extra unaccented syllable at the beginning of a line before its regular meter begins • Mine / by the right / of the white / election • Amphimacer • A foot with stressed, unstressed, stressed syllables ( / U / ) e.g. attitude

  15. Other Metrical Terms • Catalexis • An extra, usually unaccented syllable at the ending of a line after its regular meter ends • I’ll tell / you how / the sun / rose • Caesura • A pause in the meter or rhythm of a line • Flood-tide below me! || I see you face to face! • Enjambement • A run-on line, continuing into the next without a grammatical break • Green rustlings, more-than-regal charities Drift coolly from that tower of whispered light

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