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Meter and Rhythm

Meter and Rhythm. Annotations, Pages 27-34. Meter. The arrangement of words in a poem based on the relative stress of their syllables: Da -Dum, Da -Dum, Da -Dum, Da -Dum (Iambic Tetrameter). Rhythm. The recurrent alteration of pronounced and softer elements in a line

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Meter and Rhythm

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  1. Meter and Rhythm Annotations, Pages 27-34

  2. Meter The arrangement of words in a poem based on the relative stress of their syllables: Da-Dum, Da-Dum, Da-Dum, Da-Dum (Iambic Tetrameter)

  3. Rhythm • The recurrent alteration of pronounced and softer elements in a line • Generally less specific when applied to poetry • All poems have some kind of rhythm, although that rhythm may be closer to free jazz than to the classical precision suggested by meter.. • Robert Pinksy (Poet): • “Rhythm is the sound of an actual line, while meter is the abstract pattern behind the rhythm.” • If something feels “off” about a poem, chance are that the “meter” is irregular.

  4. Scansion • The process of counting the number of stressed and unstressed syllables and analyzing their patters • A decidedly inexact science • Brings some order to poetry • You will be more concerned with syllables than words • “Foot” — the basic metrical unit in poetry • Typically consists of one stressed and one or two unstressed syllables • Iamb (iambic): _ / • Trochee (trochaic): / _ • Anapest (anapestic): _ _ /

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