rhyme and meter
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Rhyme and Meter. 1. Rhyme. Meaning The repetition of similar sounds The sounds are not always exactly the same The spelling does not have to be the same Example Thinking , linking Bake, cake Frog, hog High, sky Mean, fine. 2. Exact Rhyme. Meaning - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Rhyme and Meter
1. Rhyme
Meaning The repetition of similar sounds
The sounds are not always exactly the same The spelling does not have to be the same
Example Thinking , linking Bake, cake Frog, hog High, sky Mean, fine
2. Exact Rhyme
MeaningWhen the sounds that rhyme are exactly the same
sounds.
ExampleHat, catFree, bee
Exactly the same sounds.
3. Approximate Rhyme / Half Rhyme
MeaningWhen the words repeat some sounds, but are not
exact echoes
ExampleMean, fineRate, betLife, dieBeef, streets
Sounds are similar, but not exact
4. End Rhymes
MeaningWhen the rhymes come at the end of the lines
ExampleWhere in this book
do you think I should look?
Every day I look at the sky.
I think of my life and ask myself why.
5. Internal RhymesMeaning
Rhymes that occur within a line of poetry
Example I set my hat on the mat I was a fool who skipped school
6. Rhyme SchemeMeaning
A regular pattern of rhymeLetters are used to represent like sounds
Example ABAB =
Riches I hold in light esteem,
And Love I laugh to scorn;
And lust of Fame was but a dream
That vanished with the morn -
AAAA
AAAA
BABA
BABA
7. MeterMeaning
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry as expressed by syllabication.
Syllabication is the use of stressed and unstressed markings.
8. Foot/FeetMeaning
A “foot” is the combination of stressed and unstressed syllables that make up a recurrent metric unit of a line.
Example
9. Scanning
We “scan” a poem to determine its basic meter and to consider the relevance of that rhythm to the meaning of the poem.
When we scan a poem, we begin by saying the poetic lines aloud, paying careful attention to the syllables which seem to be stressed (pronounced with more emphasis).
10. Iambs
This pattern of ~ / (unstressed/stressed) is called an iamb.
The following are examples of iambic feet.
Other PatternsAlong with the iamb, there are other possible
patterns:
Pattern Noun Adjective
~ / iamb iambic
~ ~ / anapest anapestic
/ ~ trochee trochaic
/ ~ ~ dactyl dactylic
/ / spondee spondaic