Homework Packet #1(due Monday, January 11)

1. Anticipation Guide2. Poetic Devices, Part 13. Poetic Devices, Part 24. “Stanza Structure” Practice Packet5. MeterStaple these assignments together IN ORDER, with the Table of Contents sheet on top.

Homework Packet #1(due Monday, January 11)1. Bio Poem2. Anticipation Guide3. Poetic Devices, Part 14. Poetic Devices, Part 25. “Stanza Structure” Practice Packet6. Meter

Staple these assignments together IN ORDER, with your Table of Contents sheet on top.

Meterthe rhythm of poetry

He was content with the content of the poem.

Read this sentence out loud:

What is the difference between the two “contents”?

One is said con-TENT and the other is CON-tent.

The STRESSED and UNSTRESSED syllablesare in different places.

Meter: the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line

Examples of meter marked in poems

Syllable

How many syllables in these words?

Ice

Apple

Banana

Watermelon

1

2

3

4

Stressed and Unstressed

Underline the stressed syllable.

Compare

Summer

Lovely

Eternal

Compare

Summer

Lovely

Eternal

Types of Meter

Types of Meter

Types of Lines

Five feet

Each foot is an iamb

Iambic Pentameter

Mark the meter of each line.That time of year thou mayst in me behold

Tell me not in mournful numbers

Just for a handful of silver he left us

In the midst of his laughter and glee

Cry! Cry! Troy burns!

Now mark the meter of Sonnet 18.

What do we call this meter?

Iambic Pentameter

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Homework(due Monday)

Look on pages xxvii to xxx of your 11th grade textbook. Choose 2 poems and read them.

Write down:1.The name of the poem2.The author’s name3.A one-line summary of the poem4.One literary device in the poem (with a quote from the poem)