rhythm in poetry in general and in the works of will shakespeare in particular
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Rhythm in poetry in generaland in the works of Will Shakespeare
in particular.
We’ve got the beat!
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Some poetry has a very specific rhythm
called “METER.”
This rhythm is achieved through the use ofstressed and unstressed syllables.
Rhythm in poetry?
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Syllables are the building blocks of words.You say all of the letters in one syllable
together.When you move your mouth to say another group of letters, you are moving to the next
syllable.
SYL – LA - BLE
Syll-a-WHAT-able?
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You say all of the letters in the word “stressed” together in one syllable:
STRESST.
“I’m STRESSED!”
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Chances are, you said the word “stressed” louder and
with greater emphasis than the word “I’m.”
That makes “stressed” a stressed syllable!
“I’m STRESSED!”
Now say those two words aloud:
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…Think of stressed and unstressed words as the boxes on a hopscotch board.
The squares you land on with one foot are unstressed syllables.
The rectangles you land on with both feet are stressed syllables.
Word Hopscotch
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Say the word “horizon” out loud.How many syllables does it have?
Which syllable did you stress the mostwhen you said it?
Try this…
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“Horizon” has three syllables.The middle syllable is stressed.
The other two syllables are unstressed.
hor- I - zon
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On a hopscotch board, “horizon” would look like this:
.
ho
r I zon
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This is how you would mark up the meter of word “horizon”.
The unstressed syllables have a above them.
The stressed syllable has a above it.
hŏr- i - zŏn
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Marking up meter in this way is called scansion.
The two symbols have names:
= breve (pronounced “breeve”)
= ictus
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Bar bar a Jen nes
Now, write your name
and mark up its scansion.
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Sometimes poets use repeating units of rhythm in their poems.
These units are called “feet”(a single unit is called a “foot”).
Speaking of feet…
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Iamb: (today, because)
Trochee: (happy, lightly, yonder)
Anapest: (understand, interrupt)
Dactyl: (strawberry, obvious)
Spondee: (love song, ding-dong)
Common poetic feet:
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The iambic foot is one of the most popular “building blocks” of meter
used in poetry.It has a driving rhythm:
Da-DUM-da-DUM-da-DUM
I am an iamb:
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Shakespeare used iambic meter extensively in his plays.
He worked in a form called “blank verse” – unrhymed iambic
pentameter.
Will-i-amb?
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Look at the term above.If iambic means “using iamb feet”
and meter means “rhythm,”what’s the “penta” part for?
iambic pentameter
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Pentagon
Pentagram
Pentadactyl
penta = five
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I am a pi- rate with a wood en leg
iambic pentameter =
having five iamb feet
1 2 3 4 5
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i AM a
P I-
rate
WIT
H a
WO
OD
- en
LE
G
i AM a PI- rate WITH a WOOD- en LEG
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that
DO
G
is
RA
-
bid
,
PL
EA
SE
don
’t
TA
KE
its
BO
NE
that DOG is RA- bid, PLEASE don’t TAKE its BONE
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o RO
S- a-
LIND
thes
e
TR
EE
S
shal
l BE
my
BO
OK
S
o, ROS - a - LIND these TREES shall BE my BOOKS
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and
ON
E
man
IN
his
TIM
E
pla
ys
MA
N-
y
PA
RT
S
and ONE man IN his TIME plays MAN- y PARTS
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TRY IT YOURSELF!
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Q: WHY DO POETS WRITE POEMS
THAT ADHERE TO STRICT METER
PATTERNS?(like iambic pentameter)