'Dactylic hexameter' presentation slideshows

CLE III

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Terms for Discussing Prosody

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Iliad & Odyssey

Iliad & Odyssey. Story of the Trojan War: Set in Troy, action over a few weeks time. Story of the Journey Home: Set in vast spaces, action over ten years time. Homer in Ancient Greece. Earliest Greek Literature Written c. 750 BCE from oral trad. (c. 1200 BCE) Recited by Rhapsodes

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Poetic Meter

Poetic Meter . Meter : Patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables.

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The Iliad

The Iliad. Type of Work. ...... The Iliad is an epic poem, a long narrative work about heroic exploits that is elevated in tone and highly formal in its language . It was composed in ancient Greek and transmitted orally before it was written down.

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The Odyssey

The Odyssey. Author and Background Information. What is at risk?. Simple: The Fate of a Nation. ( Ithaka , to be precise). Main Character: Odysseus. Witty Strong and well built Handsome and does quite well with the women. Intelligent

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The Odyssey

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Good Afternoon!

Good Afternoon!. Please: take your seat take out a pen and your notebook be ready to write when the music ends. QuickWrite.

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Good Afternoon!

Good Afternoon!. Please: take your seat take out a pen and your notebook be ready to write when the music ends. QuickWrite.

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Dactylic Hexameter: The Epic Meter

Dactylic Hexameter: The Epic Meter. What is Meter. T he rhythm of a piece of poetry In L atin meter is defined in terms of quantity i.e. the length of a vowel sound The Aeneid uses dactylic hexameter . Dactylic Hexameter. Each line is divided into six measures or feet.

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Meter in poetry

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Rhythm & Meter in English Poetry

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Meter in Poetry

Meter in Poetry. Yaerin Song. What is Meter in Poetry?. Repeated arrangement of stressed (accented/ long) and unstressed (unaccented/ short) syllables In lines of a limited length. Foot. Unit Pair of unstressed (unaccented/ short) and stressed (accented/ long) syllables

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