METER

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METER
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METER

• Meter is the systematically arranged and measured
  rhythm in verse.
• Meter is measured in units of feet.

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SYMBOLS

• ? Unstressed Syllable
• ? Stressed Syllable

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TYPE OF METRIC FOOT

• Iambic
• ?
• Example
• bal loon

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TYPE OF METRIC FOOT

• Trochaic
• ?
• Example
• so da

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TYPE OF METRIC FOOT

• Anapestic
• ? ?
• Example
• con tra dict

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TYPE OF METRIC FOOT

• Dactylic
• ? ?
• Example
• ma ni ac

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TYPE OF METRIC FOOT

• Spondaic
• Example
• man made

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TYPE OF METRIC FOOT

• Amphibrach
• ? ?
• Example
• Chi ca go

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TYPE OF METRIC FOOT

• Amphimacer
• ?
• Example
• A tti - tude

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TYPE OF LINE

• Monometer
• (one foot)

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TYPE OF LINE

• Dimeter
• (two feet)

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TYPE OF LINE

• Trimeter
• (three feet)

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TYPE OF LINE

• Tetrameter
• (four feet)

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TYPE OF LINE

• Pentameter
• (five feet)

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TYPE OF LINE

• Hexameter
• (six feet)

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TYPE OF LINE

• Heptameter
• (seven feet)

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TYPE OF LINE

• Octometer
• (eight feet)

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STANZAS

• Metric feet make up lines, which make up stanzas
• Stanzas are identified by the number of lines
  they contain

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STANZAS

• Couplet
• 2 lines

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STANZAS

• Tercet
• 3 lines

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STANZAS

• Quatrain
• 4 lines

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STANZAS

• Cinquain
• 5 lines

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STANZAS

• Sestet
• 6 lines

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STANZAS

• Septet
• 7 lines

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STANZAS

• Octet or Octave
• 8 lines

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STANZAS

• X-lined stanza
• 9 or more lines

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A FEW MORE TERMS YOU SHOULD KNOW

• Anacrusis
• an extra unaccented syllable at the beginning of
  a line before the regular meter begins.
• Catalexis
• Lacking the final syllable or syllables expected
  in the regular pattern of a metrical verse line.
  The term is most often used when the final
  unstressed syllable is not used.

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A FEW MORE TERMS YOU SHOULD KNOW

• Hypercatalectic--Having an extra syllable or
  syllables in excess of the normal length of a
  specified metrical verse line.
• Feminine Ending--The ending of a metrical verse
  line on an unstressed syllable (as in the regular
  trochaic line)
• Masculine Ending--The ending of a metrical verse
  line on a stressed syllable (as in the regular
  iambic line)

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Scansion

• The act of analyzing verse into its rhythmic
  components.

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Count The Number of Syllables

• Shall I compare thee to a summers day?
• 10 syllables

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Contemplate the Breakdown of the Metric Feet

• Shall I compare thee to a summers day?
• Shall I compare thee to a summers day?

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Connect The Dots

• 5 Metric Feet
• 2 Syllables per Metric Foot
• Iambic?
• Trochaic?

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Scansion

• Iambic
• ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
  ? ?
• Shall I compare thee to a summers day?

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Scansion

• Trochaic
• ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
  ? ?
• Shall I compare thee to a summers day?

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Scansion

• Is the line iambic or trochaic?
• Which one sounds better?
• Look up the words in the dictionary
• ? ?
• Compare
• ? ?
• Summers

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Scansion

• Shall I compare thee to a summers day?
• The Answer
• Iambic Pentameter

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Catalexis

• In the golden lightning Of the sunken sun.
• Count the number of syllables
• Line 1 6
• Line 2 5

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Catalexis

• Line 1
• In the golden lightning
• ? ? ? ? ? ?
• In the golden lightning
• Trochaic Trimeter

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Catalexis

• Line 2
• Of the sunken sun.
• ? ? ? ? ?
• Of the sunken sun.
• Trochaic Trimeter Catalectic