feet. MODIFICATIONS OF METRE Changes in the metrical pattern may be unintentional and deliberate. deliberate There are classes of words (articles, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, link verbs) that are normally unstressed. 1. Unstressed syllables may result in a pyrrhic foot (containing 2 unstressed syllables). Pyrrhics are very typical and natural modifications in English poetry. They are common substitutes of an iambic or a trochaic foot. 2. Another kind of modification involves a spondee (a foot of 2 stressed syllables). The poet uses spondees deliberately for the purpose of strong emphasis or solemnity. Spondees slow down the pace of the rhythm and make it jerky. 3. The third modification of metre is rhythmic inversion
MODIFICATIONS OF METRE ("Rhythm and Text") Changes in the metrical pattern may be unintentional and deliberate. deliberate There are classes of words (articles, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, link verbs) that are normally unstressed. 1. Unstressed syllables may result in a pyrrhic foot (containing 2 unstressed syllables). Pyrrhics are very typical and natural modifications in English poetry. They are common substitutes of an iambic or a trochaic foot. 2. Another kind of modification involves a spondee (a foot of 2 stressed syllables). The poet uses spondees deliberately for the purpose of strong emphasis or solemnity. Spondees slow down the pace of the rhythm and make it jerky. 3. The third modification of metre is rhythmic inversion
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