'Iambic tetrameter' presentation slideshows

Section C Poems!

Section C Poems!. For the delightful Literature exam. Section C Poems. In the Edexcel Anthology there are sixteen poems in Section C. This may seem like a lot, but any one of them could appear on the exam!. If - .

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Introduction to Poetry

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Poetry Basics : Scansion

Poetry Basics : Scansion. General Poetry Terms. Meter ( British English spelling: metre ) describes the linguistic sound patterns of a verse . Scansion is the analysis of poetry's metrical and rhythmic patterns.

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Rhythm

Rhythm . Rhythm refers to the regular recurrence of the accent or stress in poem or song. Consider languages and music. Nursery Rhymes. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, ?Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. ?All the king's horses and all the king's men ?Couldn't put Humpty together again .

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My November Guest

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Rime Of THE ANCIENT Mariner Part I By: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Rime Of THE ANCIENT Mariner Part I By: Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Rey Diaz and Sam Gilchrist. Poem.

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The Mechanics of Poetry

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Romanticism Unit Test

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Ballads

Ballads. Popular Poetry. British Library, London. Illumination from a French manuscript of Romance of the Rose (detail) (15 th Century). What Is a Ballad?. A ballad is a song or songlike poem that tells a story.

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The Tyger: By William Blake

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She Walks in Beauty George Gordon, Lord Byron

She Walks in Beauty George Gordon, Lord Byron. Nick Digregorio and McKenna LaFave. She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellowed to that tender light

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An Irishman Foresees his Death

An Irishman Foresees his Death. By W. B. Yeats. Yeats V Wilfred Owen. Famously, Yeats did not rate the poetry of Wilfred Owen very highly and excluded the English WW1 poet from The Oxford Book of Modern Verse, 1892-1935. In particular Yeats argued that:

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Monday, April 4

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Poetic Rhythms

Poetic Rhythms. The Tercet. Unaccented/Accented Pattern. The Tercet comes in a rhythm pattern of a tetrameter which can be: An iambic tetrameter An Antiseptic tetrameter Terza Rima. Iambic Tetrameter Pattern. U / U / U / U /

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Poetry Terms

Poetry Terms. rhythm. A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry The symbol ? is used for stressed syllables The symbol ? is used for unstressed syllables. foot. A metrical unit of poetry. Types of feet.

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Sir John B etjeman

Sir John B etjeman. Final poetry analysis. Biography.

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Robert Burns (1759-96)

Robert Burns (1759-96). General features of his poems. 1.a Scottish peasant poet 2.use of everyday simple language and Scottish dialects 3.use of fresh, vivid images 4.beauty of lyricism with deep feelings and musicality 5.themes or motifs:

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Snowbound: A Winter Idyll

Snowbound: A Winter Idyll. John Greenleaf Whittier. Narrative Poetry. Tells a story Written in rigid iambic tetrameter (4 feet/line). Idyll (like idol). A literary work describing a simple, pastoral/farming/country scene. Hyperbole. Intended exaggeration or over-statement for effect

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Meter and Scansion

Meter and Scansion. The intended effects of stress. The foot- --1 stressed and 1 or more unstressed syllables Iamb u / = rising meter the movement is toward the stress Trochee (reverse of iamb) / u = falling meter the movement is away from the stress Anapest (3 syllables) u u /

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Poetry Terms

Poetry Terms. Fireside Poets and Dickinson. Directions. Define each word. Leave space for an example of each. DO NOT write the example provided with the definition.

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