Youll learn to love this Iambic Pentameter What is Iambic Pentameter Iambic one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable A set of one unstressed and one stressed is called a foot ID: 710045
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Julius Caesar in Iambic
You’ll learn to love this…Slide2
Iambic Pentameter
What is Iambic Pentameter?
Iambic: one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable
A set of one unstressed and one stressed is called a foot
Penta: means five
Iambic Pentameter is a single line of five feet written in iambicSlide3
Blank Verse
Unrhymed lines of poetry written in iambic pentameter
This is what most of
Julius Caesar
is written inSlide4
Iambic Pentameter Examples
U / U / U / U
“You blocks, you stones, you worse than / U /
senseless things!”
Unstressed
Stressed
One footSlide5
Iambic Pentameter Examples
U / U / U / U /
“Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings
U /
he home?
What tributaries follow him to Rome
To grace in captive bonds his chariot wheels?
You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things!”
~Marullus in Act 1.1.34-37Slide6
Why Iambic Pentameter?
Iambic Pentameter is the meter that most closely resembles normal human speech patterns.
But why use meter at all?
You can do things with meter:
The commoners speak in prose
Those in high society speak in iambic
Act 1.1 is an example of thisSlide7
Why Else Iambic Pentameter?
Suddenly changing a pattern, like the meter, makes the ear stop and take note of the change.
For those of you playing at home, this, here, is a visual example of how a change in pattern can draw the attention of your eye similar to the way changing meter can draw the attention of your ear and brain…get it?Slide8
Artist use similar techniques…Slide9
So do athletes…Slide10
What is Being Emphasized in this Passage? sound it out…
“Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard,
It seems to me most strange that men should fear,
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.”Slide11
Answer
/ U / / / U / / /
“
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
U / U / U / U / U /
The valiant never taste of death but once.
U / U / U / U / U /
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard,
U / U / U / U / U /
It seems to me most strange that men should fear,
/ U U / U / U U /
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
U / U / U /Will come when it will come.”
Notice the change in rhythm – this is for
emphasis
Notice the change in rhythm – this is for emphasisSlide12
Pretty Cool,
huh?
See, how can you not love iambic pentameter? Doesn’t it just make you want to speak in iambic for the rest of your days?