I have learnt so much. I am sure I will go back frequently to review them for reference during many of my future writing projects. Thanks again! It's been really helpful and well-explained. I look forward to any more courses you run. This course is amazing. You're always there The course is great. You are always looking forward to the next lesson like a good novel!!! Everything was included, possibly more than college courses can offer.
Being able to post the answers on WordPress is exciting. I had not done that before taking your writing class. I plan to take another of your e-mail class, either the 8-week descriptive or the new poetry class. In this poem, the poet chooses to use quatrains for a clean and orderly poetic form. Stanzas are not found in pop culture, as stanzas are only used in poetry. When I find myself in times of trouble Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom.
And in my hour of darkness She is standing right in front of me Speaking words of wisdom. Just as stanzas divide poems, verses divide songs based on different parts of the song, varying speeds and moods of singing, and different sections of the song.
As this example shows, verses have various forms and types as well, including numbered verses, bridges, and hooks. Stanzas are used to divide lines. Verse has many definitions; it is a line within poetry usually with meter and rhyme or even a synonym for poem. This can be confusing in that sometimes stanzas are also referred to as verses, but the more technical term for divisions of lines in poetry is the stanza.
Singers divide their song lyrics similarly to poets, though the divisions are referred to as verses rather than stanzas. Stanzas are of the utmost importance in poetry in that they organize poetic lines based on a variety of factors ranging from mood to meaning. Although stanzas are only found in poetry, their equivalents include the paragraph in prose and the verse in song.
Let It Be - 1s Preview. List of Terms Action. Does this vary? How does this link to the mood of the poem? Language The power of individual words or phrases and the overall effect of the language in a poem. When I read the poem and look away, what words, phrases or lines do I remember? Why are they powerful? How does the language of the poem support the overall effect and meaning?
Language is like the engine of a poem. What fires it up is thinking about the power of the language. This can be a strategy for getting to the heart of a poem. Poetic techniques or devices Ways in which a poet uses language in a particular way to create effect eg simile, metaphor, alliteration, personification.
Poetic Foot: The traditional line of metered poetry contains a number of rhythmical units, which are called feet. The feet in a line are distinguished as a recurring pattern of two or three syllables "apple" has 2 syllables, "banana" has 3 syllables, etc. The pattern, or foot, is designated according to the number of syllables contained, and the relationship in each foot between the strong and weak syllables.
In other words, any line of poetry with a systematic rhythm has a certain number of feet, and each foot has two or three syllables with a constant beat pattern. Iamb Iambic - weak syllable followed by strong syllable. Trochee Trochaic : strong syllable followed by a weak syllable. Anapest Anapestic : two weak syllables followed by a strong syllable. In her room at the prow of the house Where light breaks , and the win dows are tossed From "The Writer", by Richard Wilbur.
Dactyl Dactylic : a strong syllable followed by two weak syllables. DD Here's another silly example of dactylic rhythm.
Spondee Spondaic : two strong syllables not common as lines, but appears as a foot. A spondee usually appears at the end of a line. The Number of Feet : The second part of meter is the number of feet contained in a line. Poems with an identifiable meter are therefore identified by the type of feet e.
The following line is iambic pentameter because it 1 has five feet [ pent ameter], and 2 each foot has two syllables with the stress on the second syllable [iambic]. That time of year thou mayst in me be hold. Thus, you will hear meter identified as iambic pentameter, trochaic tetrameter, and so on.
Irregularity: Many metered poems in English avoid perfectly regular rhythm because it is monotonous. Irregularities in rhythm add interest and emphasis to the lines. In this line:. The first foot substitutes a trochee for an iamb. Thus, the basic iambic pentameter is varied with the opening trochee. Blank Verse: Any poetry that does have a set metrical pattern usually iambic pentameter , but does not have rhyme , is blank verse.
Shakespeare frequently used unrhymed iambic pentameter in his plays; his works are an early example of blank verse.
Free Verse: Most modern poetry no longer follows strict rules of meter or rhyme , especially throughout an entire poem. Free verse, frankly, has no rules about meter or rhyme whatsoever! Free verse can also apply to a lack of a formal verse structure. How do I know if a poem has meter? How do I determine the meter? To maintain a consistent meter, a poet has to choose words that fit.
Words like be tray and per suade will work in an iambic poem because they are naturally iambic. They sound silly any other way. However, can dle and mus cle will work best in a trochaic poem, because their natural emphasis is on the first syllable. This often leads to poetic feet ending in the middle of words - after one syllable - rather than the end. It's not surprising that most modern poetry is not metered, because it is very restrictive and demanding. Determining meter is usually a process of elimination.
Start reading everything in iambic by emphasizing every second syllable. If it sounds silly or strange, because many of the poem's words do not sound natural, then try trochaic, anapestic or dactylic rhythms. If none of these sounds natural, then you probably do not have metered poetry at all ie. If there are some lines that sound metered, but some that don't, the poem has an irregular rhythm.
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