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More About Poetry

More About Poetry. Types Shakesperean (English) Has 14 lines 3 groups of 4 lines (quatrains) and a couplet (a two-line stanza that usually rhymes with an end rhyme ). About Sonnets. Petrarchan (Italian) Has an octave and a sestet. Some Poetry Examples.

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More About Poetry

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  1. More About Poetry • Types • Shakesperean (English) • Has 14 lines • 3 groups of 4 lines (quatrains) and a couplet (a two-line stanza that usually rhymes with an end rhyme). • About Sonnets • Petrarchan (Italian) • Has an octave and a sestet

  2. Some Poetry Examples • Anapest - “Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house” • Trochee - “Double, double toil and trouble” • Dactyl - “Take her up tenderly”

  3. About Ballads • A story in a song. Examples include early poems that we learn as children.

  4. Lyric Poems • A story told with the poet playing upon a lyre. • Example: Daffodils

  5. Couplet again means a two-line stanza that usually rhymes with an end-rhyme. Heroic Couplets • Firmly end-stopped and written in iambic pentameter. • Example :The Iliad The Odyssey

  6. Apostrophes A direct address of someone or something that is not there. Dramatic Monologues vs Apostrophe • Dramatic Monologues • Poems that • address another person who • remains silent.

  7. More on Anapests:Looking at Feet • The anapest is a type of poetry foot consisting of two unstressed syllables and a stressed syllable. • Twas the NIGHTis a single anapestic foot • Twas[unaccented] the[unaccented] NIGHT [accented]or the following notation can be used:˘˘ ¯ • Back to Some Poetry Examples

  8. Further explanations:Meters and Feet • Meter is a comparatively regular rhythm in a poem, verse, or song. It is composed of syllables or units of sound. For example • Back to Some Poetry Examples

  9. Syllables • A syllable is a unit of sound. For example, the word, flower has two syllables flo-wer • Syllables influence the rhythm of language and are composed of stressed (accented) and unstressed (unaccented) elements. • Flo-wer: two syllables with first stressed and second unstressed - The following notation is sometimes used: ¯˘ • Back to Some Poetry Examples

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