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Poetry Terms. Scansion . … is the art of scanning a line or poem for meter and foot. In a structured poem, each line has a specific number of feet in a specific meter. Meter. A “stressed syllable” is a syllable that is emphasised in speech. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Poetry Terms
Scansion
• … is the art of scanning a line or poem for meter and foot.
• In a structured poem, each line has a specific number of feet in a specific meter.
Meter
• A “stressed syllable” is a syllable that is emphasised in speech.
• It is represented, in scansion, by a forward slash (“ / ”).
• An “unstressed syllable” is spoken with less emphasis and it represented, in scansion, by a curved line (“ u ”).
Which syllable is emphasized?• Meter (say, “MEE-ter”) /U
• Noah (say, NO-ah) /U• Theresa (say, ta-REE-sa) U/U• Doreece (say, do-REECE) U/
• Emphasis (say, EM-fa-sis) /UU
You try…
• Identify the emphasis in your full name with capitals and U’s and slashes.
• For example: MS a-MI-ro/ U / U
(Metric) Feet
• A foot is a pair or group of syllables that repeats itself.
• …like a pair of feet… walkin’ along…
Some standard feet…
• The iamb is a timeless classic.
• It’s suppose to best mimic natural speech.
• Shakespeare used it throughout his plays.
• One unstressed, followed by one stressed syllable.
The iamb
• U/
The anapest
• UU/• 2 unstressed folled by a stressed
The trochee [TRO-kee]
• /U• One stressed followed by an
unstressed.
The dactyl
• /UU• One stressed followed by two
unstressed.
Put foot and meter together…
Here are the first two lines of Romeo & Juliet:
Two households, both alike in dignityIn fair Verona, where we lay our scene.
• Copy them in your notes (double spaced).• Identify which syllables of these words are
stressed/ naturally emphasized.
What is the recurring foot?
• Iambic!
How many iambs are there?
• Five!
Naming the meter
1. Monometer2. Dimeter3. Trimeter4. Tetrameter5. Pentameter6. Hexameter7. Heptameter8. Octameter
So… five feet of iamb
• …is called…• IAMBIC PENTAMETER
• YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Limerick
• A limerick is a short comical poem with an aabba rhyme scheme.
• Limericks traditionally have 5 lines: two lines of anapestic trimeter followed by two lines of anapestic dimeter and conclude with one more line of anapestic trimeter.
Limerick
• How would it look if you scanned it? • Write it out in symbols in your notes.
UU/UU/UU/UU/UU/UU/UU/UU/UU/UU/UU/UU/UU/