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| 2 short unstressed syllables followed by a long stressed syllable: twas the NIGHT/before CHRISTmas and ALL through the HOUSE. |
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| pair of lines in a poem that usually have the same meter and rhyme: |
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| a pair of lines that are written in iambic pentameter |
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a short unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
dah DUM dah DUM dah DUM |
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| iambic pentameter (penta - 5) |
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5 iambic feet - most common type of meter. Sounds most closely to human speech (10 syllables)
dah DUM dah DUM dah DUM dah DUM dah DUM
SHAKESPEARE writes largely in Iambic Pentameter:
If music be the food of love play on |
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| iambic tetrameter (tetra - 4) |
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| 4 iambic feet - 8 syllables |
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one long stressed syllable followed by two short unstressed syllables - opposite of anapest:
JUST for a HANDful of SILver he LEFT us |
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8 lines of iambic pentameter
the first part of an Italian sonnet |
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two short unstressed syllables - also called a dibranch
Tennyson's "In Memoriam" -
Be near me when my light is low |
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group of 4 lines
"Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Night" - poem with 4 quatrains |
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6 lines of poetry
2nd part of italian sonnet - for a total of 14 lines |
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stanza composed of three lines of poetry
a Villanelly employs teracets - 5 tercets followed by a final quatrain. 6 total stanzas and 19 lines |
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long stressed syllable followed by a short unstressed one
opposite of iamb
SHOULD you ASK me WHENCE these STORies |
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two long stressed syllables
often followed by a different type of meter because it is hard to use them without a break.
WELL LOVED of ME (spondee followed by an iamb) |
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