On Monday, April 11th, we took notes on some of the finer points concerning poetic meter. Please make sure you copy these notes in your English notebook and have them ready everyday in class.
Meter- pattern of accented and unaccented syllables
Syllable – Smallest unit of meter (sound in language) We clap along with language to count the syllables.
Foot – group of two syllables. Type of meter determined by the number of feet and the type of foot
Scansion – process of grouping the syllables in a line of poetry into feet and marking the accented and unaccented syllables
/ - Macron: Greek for long (accented)
U – Breve: Greek for short (unaccented)
Iamb – A foot with an unaccented first syllable and an accented second syllable
Trochee – A foot with an accented first syllable and an unaccented second syllable
There are 8 types of meter
Monometer – line with 1 foot
Dimeter – line with 2 feet
Trimeter – line with 3 feet
Tetrameter – line with 4 feet
Pentameter – line with 5 feet
Hexameter – line with 6 feet
Heptameter – line with 7 feet
Octometer – line with 8 feet
Meter- pattern of accented and unaccented syllables
Syllable – Smallest unit of meter (sound in language) We clap along with language to count the syllables.
Foot – group of two syllables. Type of meter determined by the number of feet and the type of foot
Scansion – process of grouping the syllables in a line of poetry into feet and marking the accented and unaccented syllables
/ - Macron: Greek for long (accented)
U – Breve: Greek for short (unaccented)
Iamb – A foot with an unaccented first syllable and an accented second syllable
Trochee – A foot with an accented first syllable and an unaccented second syllable
There are 8 types of meter
Monometer – line with 1 foot
Dimeter – line with 2 feet
Trimeter – line with 3 feet
Tetrameter – line with 4 feet
Pentameter – line with 5 feet
Hexameter – line with 6 feet
Heptameter – line with 7 feet
Octometer – line with 8 feet