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Title: METER


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METER
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METER
  • Meter is the systematically arranged and measured
    rhythm in verse.
  • Meter is measured in units of feet.

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SYMBOLS
  • ? Unstressed Syllable
  • ? Stressed Syllable

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TYPE OF METRIC FOOT
  • Iambic
  • ?
  • Example
  • bal loon

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TYPE OF METRIC FOOT
  • Trochaic
  • ?
  • Example
  • so da

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TYPE OF METRIC FOOT
  • Anapestic
  • ? ?
  • Example
  • con tra dict

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TYPE OF METRIC FOOT
  • Dactylic
  • ? ?
  • Example
  • ma ni ac

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TYPE OF METRIC FOOT
  • Spondaic
  • Example
  • man made

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TYPE OF METRIC FOOT
  • Amphibrach
  • ? ?
  • Example
  • Chi ca go

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TYPE OF METRIC FOOT
  • Amphimacer
  • ?
  • Example
  • A tti - tude

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TYPE OF LINE
  • Monometer
  • (one foot)

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TYPE OF LINE
  • Dimeter
  • (two feet)

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TYPE OF LINE
  • Trimeter
  • (three feet)

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TYPE OF LINE
  • Tetrameter
  • (four feet)

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TYPE OF LINE
  • Pentameter
  • (five feet)

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TYPE OF LINE
  • Hexameter
  • (six feet)

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TYPE OF LINE
  • Heptameter
  • (seven feet)

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TYPE OF LINE
  • Octometer
  • (eight feet)

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STANZAS
  • Metric feet make up lines, which make up stanzas
  • Stanzas are identified by the number of lines
    they contain

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STANZAS
  • Couplet
  • 2 lines

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STANZAS
  • Tercet
  • 3 lines

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STANZAS
  • Quatrain
  • 4 lines

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STANZAS
  • Cinquain
  • 5 lines

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STANZAS
  • Sestet
  • 6 lines

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STANZAS
  • Septet
  • 7 lines

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STANZAS
  • Octet or Octave
  • 8 lines

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STANZAS
  • X-lined stanza
  • 9 or more lines

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A FEW MORE TERMS YOU SHOULD KNOW
  • Anacrusis
  • an extra unaccented syllable at the beginning of
    a line before the regular meter begins.
  • Catalexis
  • Lacking the final syllable or syllables expected
    in the regular pattern of a metrical verse line.
    The term is most often used when the final
    unstressed syllable is not used.

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Scansion
  • The act of analyzing verse into its rhythmic
    components.

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Count The Number of Syllables
  • Shall I compare thee to a summers day?
  • 10 syllables

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Contemplate the Breakdown of the Metric Feet
  • Shall I compare thee to a summers day?
  • Shall I compare thee to a summers day?

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Connect The Dots
  • 5 Metric Feet
  • 2 Syllables per Metric Foot
  • Iambic?
  • Trochaic?

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Scansion
  • Iambic
  • ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
    ? ?
  • Shall I compare thee to a summers day?

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Scansion
  • Trochaic
  • ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
    ? ?
  • Shall I compare thee to a summers day?

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Scansion
  • Is the line iambic or trochaic?
  • Which one sounds better?
  • Look up the words in the dictionary
  • ? ?
  • Compare
  • ? ?
  • Summers

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Scansion
  • Shall I compare thee to a summers day?
  • The Answer
  • Iambic Pentameter

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Catalexis
  • In the golden lightning Of the sunken sun.
  • Count the number of syllables
  • Line 1 6
  • Line 2 5

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Catalexis
  • Line 1
  • In the golden lightning
  • ? ? ? ? ? ?
  • In the golden lightning
  • Trochaic Trimeter

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Catalexis
  • Line 2
  • Of the sunken sun.
  • ? ? ? ? ?
  • Of the sunken sun.
  • Trochaic Trimeter Catalectic
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