Ryhtem

Introduction to Poetry

• The exploration of poetry starts with understanding rhythmic components.

  • Scantron: Finding syllables and identifying patterns.

  • Analyzing grouped syllables per line:

    • Emphasized: Highlights rhythm.

    • Dominant vs. Supplemental: Differentiating between primary and secondary rhythms.

Basic Types of Feet in Poetry

• Types of Syllables:

  • Unstressed/Stressed: Important for understanding meter.

  • Focus on how these are grouped and emphasized within lines.

Common Poetic Feet

• Types of Feet:

  • Iambic (IC): Unstressed followed by stressed.

  • Trochee (AIC): Stressed followed by unstressed.

  • Anapest (IC): Two unstressed followed by one stressed.

  • Dactyl (IC): One stressed followed by two unstressed.

  • Spondee (AIC): Two stressed syllables.

Meter in Poetry

• Length / Duration of Lines:

  • Varies depending on the number of feet:

    • Monometer: 1 foot per line.

    • Dimeter: 2 feet per line.

    • Trimeter: 3 feet per line.

    • Tetrameter: 4 feet per line.

    • Pentameter: 5 feet per line.

    • Hexameter: 6 feet per line.

    • Heptameter: 7 feet per line.

    • Octameter: 8 feet per line.

Types of Rhyme

• Perfect vs. Imperfect Rhyme:

  • End Rhyme: Rhyme at ends of lines.

  • Masculine Rhyme: Rhyme on the final stressed syllable.

  • Feminine Rhyme: Rhyme on the final unstressed syllable.

  • Internal Rhyme: Rhyme within a line.

Homework and Further Study

• Write down differentiation of poetic forms.

• Review baric alphabetization and its relevance in poetry.