EXAMPLE:
- The example is an anapestic tetrameter which means there are four anapests in each line.
EXAMPLE:
- The example is a dactylic tetrameter which means there are four dactyls in each line.
EXAMPLE:
- The example is an iambic pentameter which means there are five iambs each line.
EXAMPLE:
- The example is a trochaic tetrameter which means there are four trochees in each line.
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A review on feet and meters:
FOOT
METER
- 2 - DIMETER
- 3 - TRIMETER
- 4 - TETRAMETER
- 5 - PENTAMETER
- 6 - HEXAMETER
- 7 - HEPTAMETER
- 8 - OCTAMETER
- 9 - NANOMETER
- 10 - DECAMETER
Thus, if there are 8 trochees in a line it means we are looking at a trochaic octameter.
If there are 2 dactyls, we are referring to a dactylic dimeter. And so on....
HERE’S A SUMMARY
FOOT | NUMBER OF SYLLABLES | WHERE THE STRESS LIES |
IAMB (iambic) | 2 | ( - / ) 2nd syllable |
TROCHEE (trochaic) | 2 | ( / - ) 1st syllable |
DACTYL (dactylic) | 3 | ( / - - ) 1st syllable |
ANAPEST (anapestic) | 3 | ( - - / )3rd syllable |
METER | NUMBER OF FOOT | E X A M P L E Legend: / stressed syllable - unstressed syllable |
DIMETER | 2 | / - / - SUN.ny WA.ter 1 2 |
Trochaic dimeter Sunny water |
TRIMETER | 3 | / - - / - - / - - HICK.o.ry DICK.o.ry DOCK at once 1 2 3 |
Dactylic trimeter Hickory Dickory dock at once |
TETRAMETER | 4 | When the BLUE wave rolls NIGHT.ly 1 2
- / - - / on DEEP Ga.li.LEE 3 4
| Anapestic tetrameter When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee |
METER | NUMBER OF FOOT | E X A M P L E Legend: / stressed syllable - unstressed syllable |
PENTAMETER | 5 | - / - / - / - Be.HIND the SUR.geon's SMILE sure 1 2 3
/ - / LURKS a KNIFE 4 5 |
Iambic pentameter Behind the surgeon’s smile sure lurks a knife |
HEXAMETER | 6 | - / - / - / - I SEE the PUDD.les FOR.ming, 1 2 3
/ - / - / DIM.pled with the rain 4 5 6 | Iambic hexameter I see the puddles forming, dimpled with the rain |
HEPTAMETER | 7 | Yeah we’re TRY.ing to END it, to SAY 1 2 3
- - / - - / - - our good.BYES, but we MISS the boat 4 5 6
/ - - / EACH time we DO 7
| Anapestic heptameter Yeah we’re trying to end it, to say our goodbyes, but we miss the boat each time we do |
OCTAMETER | 8 | / - - / - - WHERE lies the MARK bet.ween 1 2
/ - - / - - / - EVE.ning and MOR.ning, or MID.night 3 4 5
- / - - / - - and NOON.time, or SUN.set, dawn, 6 7
/ - - YOU and me? 8 | Dactylic octameter Where lies the mark between evening and morning, or midnight and noontime, or sunset, dawn, you and me? |
NANOMETER | 9 | / - / - / - TELL me NOT with THINE sad 1 2 3
/ - / - / - TONGUE that SUN.rise COMES no 4 5 6
/ - / - / - MORE with YOUR sweet TEAS.ing 7 8 9 | Trochaic nanometer Tell me not with thine sad tongue that sunrise comes no more with your sweet teasing. |
METER | NUMBER OF FOOT | E X A M P L E Legend: / stressed syllable - unstressed syllable |
DECAMETER | 10 | - / - / - / - ‘Tis TIME of YEAR we SET our 1 2 3 4
/ - / - / - / HEARTS a.BLAZE to WHOM it SKIPS 5 6 7
- / - / - / a BEAT; ‘tis NOW or NE’ER 8 9 10 | Iambic decameter ‘Tis time of year we set our hearts ablaze to whom it skips a beat; ‘tis now or ne’er. |
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Directions: Fill out the missing data to complete the matrix.
Supposed handout...
Watch me explain the basic metrical feet.
Listen and watch me read Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 in iambic pentameter.
References
Eberhart, L. (2017). Galloping Denturn. Retrieved from https://poetscollective.org/poetryforms/tag/dactylic/Literary Devices. (2019)Retrieved from https://literarydevices.net/anapest/.Wolf, G. (2019). True Warmth. Retrieved from http://www.lovepoemsandpoets.com/poems/iambic_pentameter.
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