3. The Spenserian stanza 9 lines: 8 iambic pentametres followed by 1 iambic hexametre (6 feet): a b a b b c b c c. 4. Ottava rima 8 iambic pentametres (5 feet): a b a b a b c c. 5. Rhyme Royal 7 iambic pentametres (5 feet): a b a b b c c. 6. Terza rima written in triplets iambic pentametres: aba bcb cdc. 7. Sonnet 14 iambic pentametres (5 feet), difference (Italian Shakespearean) is a matter of rhyme. 8. Limerick funny poem of 5 anapaestic lines (x x /): a a b b a. 5 kinds of feet in English verse: 1. iambic iambus (1 unstressed and 1 stressed syllable) x / 2. trochaic trochee (the stressed syllable is followed by the unstressed one) /x 3. dactylic dactyl (1 stressed syllable is followed by 2 unstressed) /xx 4. amphibrachic amphibrach (1 stressed syllable between 2 unstressed ones) x / x 5
Monometer, dimeter, trimeter, tetrameter, pentameter, hexameter, heptameter, octameter (a line of ... feet) 5 major kinds of feet in English poetry: · Iambus (iambic)--1 unstressed and one stressed syllable ( ) · Trochee (trochaic)--1 stressed and one unstressed syllable ( ) · Dactyl (dactylic)--1 stressed, 2 unstressed ( ) · Amphibrach (amphibrachic)--1 unstressed, 1 stressed, 1 unstressed ( ) · Anapaest (anapaestic)--unstressed, unstressed, stressed ( ) not common Modifications of metrical patterns: · Pyrrhic foot--2 unstressed syllables (natural, no emphasis) · Spondee--2 stressed syllables (used deliberately, to add emphasis) · Rhythmic inversion--inverting the order of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line in the iambic or trochaic pattern. It serves as a means of rendering strong emotions. · Hypermetric line (very last line
There are 5 kinds of feet in English verse: verse 1. iambic iambus (1 unstressed and 1 stressed syllable), 2. trochaic trochee (the stressed syllable is followed by the unstressed one), 3. dactylic dactyl (1 stressed syllable is followed by 2 unstressed), 4. amphibrachic amphibrach (1 stressed syllable between 2 unstressed ones), 5. anapaestic anapaest (2 unstressed syllables followed by 1 stressed). Monometer - 1 foot; dimetre - 2 feet; trimetre - 3 feet; tetrametre - 4 feet; pentametre - 5 feet; hexametre - 6 feet; septametre -7 feet; octametre - 8 feet. MODIFICATIONS OF METRE Changes in the metrical pattern may be unintentional and deliberate. deliberate There are classes of words (articles, pronouns, prepositions,
fa-ther | ca-lling (3) syllable feet: * dactyl or dactylic foot / v v | / v v si-lent-ly | pre-sent-ly * amphibrach or amphibrachic foot v / v | v / v I hate you | pre-ten-ding * anapaest or anapaestic foot v v / in the sun monometer 1 foot dimetre 2 feet trimetre 3 feet tetrametre 4 feet pentametre 5 feet hexametre 6 feet septametre 7 feet octametre 8 feet MODIFICATIONS OF METRE * pyrrhic foot v v * spondee / /
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