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Poetry Analysis

Poetry Analysis. How to Scansion. Meter and Feet. Rhythm. Iamb – unstressed , stressed Trochee – stressed, unstressed Anapest – unstressed, unstressed, stressed Dactyl – stressed, unstressed, unstressed Amphibrach – unstressed, stressed, unstressed. Steps to Scansion.

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Poetry Analysis

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  1. Poetry Analysis How to Scansion

  2. Meter and Feet

  3. Rhythm • Iamb – unstressed , stressed • Trochee – stressed, unstressed • Anapest – unstressed, unstressed, stressed • Dactyl – stressed, unstressed, unstressed • Amphibrach – unstressed, stressed, unstressed

  4. Steps to Scansion

  5. Place a u for unstressed and a / for stressed

  6. Place a u for unstressed and a / for stressed Do steps 1 -4

  7. Place a u for unstressed and a / for stressed

  8. Sound • Alliteration – repetition of a beginning consonant sound in • successive words (silly Sally ceased to swim) • Assonance – the repetition of a vowel sound within successive • words (I fight the night while crying) • Euphony – the repetition of sibilant sounds (c,f,h,l,m,n,r,s,v,z) • Cacophony – the repetition of guttural sounds (b,c,d,g,j,k,p,t) • Consonance – the repetition of a consonant sound within • successive words (the later it gets) • Rhyme – End – rhyming at ends of lines • Interior - rhymes within lines • Perfect – words that share the same consonant and • vowel sound • Imperfect – words that share the same vowel sound or • the same consonant sound, but not both

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