The Metrical Foot
... breve (U) and ictus (/) iamb – a foot made up of a unstressed and a stressed syllable; most dominant foot in English speech (impart and allure) anapest – a foot made up of 2 unstressed and a stressed syllable (understand and va-va voom) iambs and anapests are examples of rising meter since they end ...
... breve (U) and ictus (/) iamb – a foot made up of a unstressed and a stressed syllable; most dominant foot in English speech (impart and allure) anapest – a foot made up of 2 unstressed and a stressed syllable (understand and va-va voom) iambs and anapests are examples of rising meter since they end ...
Glossary of Poetic Terms
... birches bend to left and right / Across the lines of straighter darker trees, / I like to think some boy's been swinging them. Caesura A strong pause within a line of verse. The following stanza from Hardy's "The Man He Killed" contains caesuras in the middle two lines: He thought he'd 'list, perhap ...
... birches bend to left and right / Across the lines of straighter darker trees, / I like to think some boy's been swinging them. Caesura A strong pause within a line of verse. The following stanza from Hardy's "The Man He Killed" contains caesuras in the middle two lines: He thought he'd 'list, perhap ...
File - AP English at Centennial High School
... what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country”). Conceit: A term for a particularly fanciful metaphor. ...
... what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country”). Conceit: A term for a particularly fanciful metaphor. ...
An Introduction to Stress and Meter Consider the sound of the
... tetrameter, and Greek verse hexameter. When scanning a line, we might, for instance, describe the line as "iambic pentameter" (having five feet, with each foot tending to be a light syllable followed by heavy syllable). Or it might be "trochaic hexameter" (having six feet, with each foot tending to ...
... tetrameter, and Greek verse hexameter. When scanning a line, we might, for instance, describe the line as "iambic pentameter" (having five feet, with each foot tending to be a light syllable followed by heavy syllable). Or it might be "trochaic hexameter" (having six feet, with each foot tending to ...
the outline of poetry
... 3. Lyric: brief, intense, highly musical poetry that expresses thought, mood, or emotion 4. Ballad: a story told in verse and usually meant to be sung 5. Sonnet: usually about love or other serious subjects. It is always 14 lines of iambic pentameter. Modern poets take some liberties with the subjec ...
... 3. Lyric: brief, intense, highly musical poetry that expresses thought, mood, or emotion 4. Ballad: a story told in verse and usually meant to be sung 5. Sonnet: usually about love or other serious subjects. It is always 14 lines of iambic pentameter. Modern poets take some liberties with the subjec ...
Ch 20: Reading Poetry
... 2. stress/accent: the emphasis given a syllable in pronunciation 3. meter: when a rhythmic pattern of stresses recurs in a poem, it is called meter. Metrical patterns are determined by the type and number of feet in a line of verse; combining the name of a line length with the name of a foot concise ...
... 2. stress/accent: the emphasis given a syllable in pronunciation 3. meter: when a rhythmic pattern of stresses recurs in a poem, it is called meter. Metrical patterns are determined by the type and number of feet in a line of verse; combining the name of a line length with the name of a foot concise ...
Poetry`s Form and Structure
... When you scan a poem, you are looking for the metrical patterns in a poem. By scanning a poem, you are looking for the patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables, allowing you to figure out the type of feet being used. You will then be able to figure out the meter of the poem, whether it be iambi ...
... When you scan a poem, you are looking for the metrical patterns in a poem. By scanning a poem, you are looking for the patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables, allowing you to figure out the type of feet being used. You will then be able to figure out the meter of the poem, whether it be iambi ...
handout - Jericho Public Schools
... 10. repetition: the repetition of sounds, rhyme, words or phrases to convey a point 11. rhyme: using words that have similar vowel and consonant sounds (ex: round, sound) 12. simile: comparison between things basically not alike by using the words like or as to reveal similarity (ex: her lips were s ...
... 10. repetition: the repetition of sounds, rhyme, words or phrases to convey a point 11. rhyme: using words that have similar vowel and consonant sounds (ex: round, sound) 12. simile: comparison between things basically not alike by using the words like or as to reveal similarity (ex: her lips were s ...
47 PHENOMENAL POETIC DEVICES 1. Assonance: the repetition
... reinforce meaning, unify thought, or create a musical effect. 8. Ballad: narrative poem written in four-line stanzas, characterized by swift action and narrated in a direct style. 9. Blank verse: Non-rhyming iambic pentameter (iambic foot= unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable, as in t ...
... reinforce meaning, unify thought, or create a musical effect. 8. Ballad: narrative poem written in four-line stanzas, characterized by swift action and narrated in a direct style. 9. Blank verse: Non-rhyming iambic pentameter (iambic foot= unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable, as in t ...
glossary for poetry
... forward) in order to avoid consecutively stressed syllables. For instance, words like "thirteen" or "Tennessee" will have their strongest stress moved from their last to their first syllables when they are joined to subsequent words beginning with a stressed syllable, e.g., Tennessee walking horse. ...
... forward) in order to avoid consecutively stressed syllables. For instance, words like "thirteen" or "Tennessee" will have their strongest stress moved from their last to their first syllables when they are joined to subsequent words beginning with a stressed syllable, e.g., Tennessee walking horse. ...
Guide to Poetry Scansion
... Example = tenderly spondee any two syllables, sometimes a single word but not always, with strong accent on the first and second syllable. Example (in this case no one word, but a series of words in this line: The long day wanes, the slow moon climbs. The words "day wanes" form a spondee. To name th ...
... Example = tenderly spondee any two syllables, sometimes a single word but not always, with strong accent on the first and second syllable. Example (in this case no one word, but a series of words in this line: The long day wanes, the slow moon climbs. The words "day wanes" form a spondee. To name th ...
Introduction to Poetry Versification The mechanical process of poetic
... Each verse in a poetic composition is characterized by a uniform, measured movement which results from the regular recurrence of stressed and unstressed syllables. This characteristic, the essential quality of all verse, is called rhythm. And the sheen / of their spears / was little stars / on the s ...
... Each verse in a poetic composition is characterized by a uniform, measured movement which results from the regular recurrence of stressed and unstressed syllables. This characteristic, the essential quality of all verse, is called rhythm. And the sheen / of their spears / was little stars / on the s ...
senior honors literary terms
... 10. metonymy – a figure of speech containing the name of one thing for that of another for which it is an attribute or is associated - ie. “crown” for “lands belonging to the crown” 11. mock epic –epic on trivial incident; exaggerating hero and their actions 12. rhyme royal –stanza of seven lines in ...
... 10. metonymy – a figure of speech containing the name of one thing for that of another for which it is an attribute or is associated - ie. “crown” for “lands belonging to the crown” 11. mock epic –epic on trivial incident; exaggerating hero and their actions 12. rhyme royal –stanza of seven lines in ...
Basic Versification Terms
... e.g., Had we but world enough and time [iambic tetrameter] 2 e.g., It is the grave of Jesus where he lay [iambic pentameter] 3 e.g., For I would we were changed to white birds on the wandering foam: I and you [anapestic hexameter] 4 e.g., The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes [iamb ...
... e.g., Had we but world enough and time [iambic tetrameter] 2 e.g., It is the grave of Jesus where he lay [iambic pentameter] 3 e.g., For I would we were changed to white birds on the wandering foam: I and you [anapestic hexameter] 4 e.g., The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes [iamb ...
Shakespeare Scavenger Hunt posters
... “All the world’s a stage. All the men and women merely players.” ...
... “All the world’s a stage. All the men and women merely players.” ...