Poetic form Flashcards
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2 most important parts of poetry
Stresses and syllables
What is the basic unit of poetry?
Why is it so important?
The line
It’s where we find stresses and syllables
A stress is the point of ____ when reading the line
A stress is the point of emaphasis when reading the line
Syllables usually fall on a ____ and the surrounding ____
Syllables usually fall on a vowel and the surrounding consonants
One ____ ____ = one syllable
One vowel sound = one syllable
3 forms of poetry
- Stress based
- Syllable based
- Stress syllable metre
Define stress based poetry
Doesn’t care how long a line is as long as it has the right number of stresses
Define syllablic metre
Concerned with the length of the line more than the stresses
Continental, classical tradition
Why doesn’t syllabic metre really work in English?
Because English is a naturally stressed language - we can’t change where the stresses fall ina word to make it fit better in a syllabic sense
Define stress syllable metre
Combination of stress and syllable metre
Define metre
The measure of the length of the line
Metre is measured in ____
Metre is measured in feet
Define poetic foot
A measured humber of syllables and stresses
Name the two principle types of metrical foot, and how many syllables each contains
- Disyllabic (2 syllables)
- Trisyllabic (3 syllables)
Within disyllabic and trisyllabic feet there are variations based on where the ____ fall
Within disyllabic and trisyllabic feet there are variations based on where the stresses fall
Name the three stress formations of trisyllabic feet, with accompanying example of where the stress falls
- Anapestic - - / intervene
- Amphilbrachic - / - another
- Dactylic / - - merrily
Name the 2 types of disyllabic metre that are used for variation rather than a base for poetry
- Spondees (double stress)
- Pyrrhics (double unstressed)
Name the 2 types of disyllabic feet that are used as a base for poetry
- Iambs - / destroy
- Trochees / - pirate
The number of ____ in a line dictates the form of metre (or rather the form of metre dictates the number of ____ in a line)
The number of feet in a line dictates the form of metre (or rather the form of metre dictates the number of feet in a line)
Name the types of metre with feet 1-8 per line
- 1 foot = monometer
- 2 feet = dimeter
- 3 feet = trimeter
- 4 feet = tetrameter
- 5 feet = pentameter
- 6 feet = hexameter
- 7 feet = heptameter
- 8 feet = octameter
So we name the form of verse based on the ____ of the foot and the ____ of the line:
A poem using anapests (3 syallable feet with the stress on the third syllable), with four anapests per line (so 12 syllables total) would be
So we name the form of verse based on the length of the foot and the length of the line:
Anapaestic Tretameter
Most common form of verse?
Why?
Iambic pentameter (2 syllables per feet with stress on second syllable, five per line)
Suuposely most common to human speech
Where do rhymes usually come when usuing stress syllable verse?
At the end
What are rhymes?
Main stress syllable is the same, but first consonant or consonants different
