Monday, February 7, 2011

Rhythm, Rhyme, and Meter


·      Rhythm and Meter are related to each other.
·      Basic unit of rhythm is called a ‘foot’.  A foot consists of one accented syllable and one or more unaccented syllable.
o   Accented                          \
o   Unaccented                     U
·      Types of feet
o   1 unaccented and 1 accented            [ \ U ]
  (iamb)
o   1 accented and 1 unaccented            [ U \ ]
 (trochee)
o   1 accented and 2 unaccented            [ \ U U ]
 (dactyl)
o   2 accented                                         [ \  \ ]
(spondee)
·      Meter is the amount of feet per line
o   tetrameter              (4 feet per line)
o   pentameter            (5 feet per line)

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