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. anapaestic anapaest (2 unstressed syllables followed by 1 stressed) xx/ monometer - 1 foot; dimetre - 2 feet; trimetre - 3 feet; tetrametre - 4 feet; pentametre - 5 feet; hexametre - 6 feet; eptametre -7 feet; octametre - 8 feet.
In the author's narrative they rather suggest humour or irony. METRE: (2) syllable feet: * iambus or iambic foot v / | v / be gin | to work * trochee or trochaic foot / v | / v 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
Foot is a combination of one stressed and one or two unstressed syllables. The number of syllables to a foot may be either 2 or 3 and one of them must be stressed. 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
but not less than 2 or more than 3; and the one syllable must be stressed). 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.
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