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Poetry is rhythmic language that combines sound and meaning. It should be read aloud so that the natural rhythm of the meter can be heard. Meter refers to the rhythmic pattern of syllables, which can be long or short. The length of a syllable is determined by factors like vowel quality, position, and elision. A line of poetry contains a sequence of metrical feet, which are groups of syllables that make up the basic unit of the meter. Common feet include the iamb, trochee, dactyl, and spondee. Scanning a poem involves analyzing its meter by identifying the pattern of long and short syllables in each foot.
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Meter
- 1. Poetry is Rhythmic sound Married to Meaning
- 2. Poetry should be read outloud And The sound should be naturally rhythmic
- 3. Meter is the measure Or Rhythm of poetry.
- 4. A syllable has quantity Quantity Is the length of time that it takes to pronounce a syllable.
- 5. Quantity Is the basis of meter in Latin poetry. In poetry, the regular stress accent of words is subordinated to the metrical rhythm set up by the patterns of long and short syllables.
- 6. A Line of poetry is a sequence of Metrical feet
- 7. Each foot is a series of two, three, or four syllables that combine to form a metrical building block
- 8. Dactyl= ¯ ˘ ˘ long short short IE ¯ ˘˘ M œnia
- 9. Spondee= ¯ ¯ long long IE ¯ ¯ opto
- 10. Iamb ˘ ¯ short long IE ˘ ¯ cano
- 11. Trochee ¯ ˘ long short IE ¯ ˘ esse
- 12. Choriamb ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯ long short short long IE ¯ ˘ ˘¯ progenies
- 13. How do you know if a syllable is long ¯ or short ˘ ? The Vowel!
- 14. A syllable is long if it contains a vowel that is long by nature. IE-the ablative singular Puell ā
- 16. What are dipthongs? Two vowels that are pronounced as one! IE- AE, AU, EI, EU, and OE
- 17. Vowels Can be long by Position!
- 18. A vowel followed by 2 consonants is long by position IE Libellum ¯
- 19. Exceptions : (They prove the rule-and make this fun) X=cs so it acts like two consonants
- 20. The muta cum liquida rule: A mute consonant followed by a liquid consonant may or may not make a vowel long by position
- 21. Mute consonants: b, c, g, p and t Liquid consonants: l, m, n, and r (This rule makes scanning poetry fun!)
- 22. More fun! Elision A word that ends in a vowel elides with the next word if it begins with a vowel.
- 23. IE Certe ego te in ¯ ˘ ˘ ¯
- 24. A final m or an initial h is weak enough to be elided IE Solum hoc
- 25. Hendecasyllabic Eleven syllables Five Feet
- 26. The first foot may be : 1. An iamb (short long) OR 2. A spondee (long long) OR 3. A trochee (long short)
- 27. The second foot is : A dactyl (long short short) The third and fourth feet are: Trochees (long short)
- 28. The fifth foot may be : 1. A spondee (long long) OR 2. A trochee (long short)
- 29. Cu ī d ŏ/nō lĕpĭ/dūm n ŏ/ v ūm lĭ/bēllū m
- 31. Finis