Meter There are five types of meter we will study Iamb Trochee Spondee Dactyl Anapest Stressed vs Unstressed U Stress emphasis on a syllable How are these words stressed Record ID: 254930
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Poetry
MeterSlide2
There are five types of meter we will study:
Iamb
Trochee
Spondee
Dactyl
AnapestSlide3
Stressed (/)
vs. Unstressed
(U)
Stress = emphasis on a syllable
How are these words stressed?
Record
Photograph
Photography
Photographic Slide4
Stress and Rhythm
Most of the time, stressed and unstressed syllables will occur in a pattern.
There are five types that you should know: iamb, trochee, spondee, dactyl, anapest Slide5
Iamb
Two syllable foot that is stressed in the second
syllable (unstressed-stressed
)
“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day
Thou art more lovely and more temperate”
Shakespeare Slide6
Trochee
Two syllable foot that is stressed in the first
syllable (stressed-unstressed
)
“Double, double toil and trouble
fire burn and cauldron bubble”
ShakespeareSlide7
Spondee
A two syllable foot where both feet are stressed (stressed-stressed)
“White founts falling in the courts of the sun”
Chesterton Slide8
Dactyl
A three syllable foot where the first syllable is stressed (stressed-unstressed-unstressed)
“Out of the cradle endlessly rocking
Out of the mockingbird’s throat, the musical shuttle”
WhitmanSlide9
Anapest
A three syllable foot where the last syllable is stressed (unstressed-unstressed-stressed)
“
Twas
the night before Christmas and all
through the house”
Anonymous Slide10
Let’s practice together!
“Be near me when my light is low
When the blood creeps and the nerve pricks
and tingle; and the heart is sick”
Tennyson
Spondee, Iambic, Anapest Slide11
“to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield”
Tennyson
Iambic Slide12
“Just for a handful of silver he left us
Just for a
riband
to stick in his coat”
Browning
Dactyl Slide13
“I must finish my journey alone”
Cowper
Anapest Slide14
“Ah distinctly I remember it was in the bleak
December
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost
upon the floor”
Poe
Trochee Slide15
Questions?Slide16
Practice in Groups of Three!
Use the poem “I Know why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou and analyze the meter of the poem Slide17
On Your OWN!
Use the poem “Hope is the thing with Feathers” by Emily Dickinson and analyze
the meter