Rules for Poets

skysidhe · 08-25-2009, 10:17 AM

Iambic pentameter

Ĭn sóoth,/Ĭ knów/nŏt whý/Ĭ ám/sŏ sád.

Ĭt wéa/riĕs mé;/yŏu sáy/ĭt wéa/riĕs yóu....

Simple sample! I feel I need a degree to get it!

Simple example

An iambic foot is an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. The rhythm can be written as:da DUM!

A line of iambic pentameter is five iambic feet in a row:da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM

It's possible to notate this with a '˘'(Breve) mark representing an unstressed syllable and a '/'(Forward Slash) mark representing a stressed syllable[1]. In this notation a line of iambic pentameter would look like this:˘ / ˘ / ˘ / ˘ / ˘ /

The following line from John Keats' Ode to Autumn is a straightforward example:[2]
To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells

We can notate the scansion of this as follows:˘ / ˘ / ˘ / ˘ / ˘ /
To swell the gourd, and plump the ha- zel shells

We can mark the divisions between feet with a |, and the caesura (a pause) with a double vertical bar ||.˘ / ˘ / ˘ / ˘ / ˘ /
To swell | the gourd, || and plump | the ha- | zel shells

xoxoxoBruce · 08-25-2009, 10:33 AM

A poem with stage directions.

08-25-2009, 10:17 AM	#1
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	eye-am-bik pen-tam-uh-tuhr Iambic pentameter Ĭn sóoth,/Ĭ knów/nŏt whý/Ĭ ám/sŏ sád. Ĭt wéa/riĕs mé;/yŏu sáy/ĭt wéa/riĕs yóu.... Simple sample! I feel I need a degree to get it! Simple example An iambic foot is an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. The rhythm can be written as:da DUM! A line of iambic pentameter is five iambic feet in a row:da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM It's possible to notate this with a '˘'(Breve) mark representing an unstressed syllable and a '/'(Forward Slash) mark representing a stressed syllable[1]. In this notation a line of iambic pentameter would look like this:˘ / ˘ / ˘ / ˘ / ˘ / The following line from John Keats' Ode to Autumn is a straightforward example:[2] To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells We can notate the scansion of this as follows:˘ / ˘ / ˘ / ˘ / ˘ / To swell the gourd, and plump the ha- zel shells We can mark the divisions between feet with a \|, and the caesura (a pause) with a double vertical bar \|\|.˘ / ˘ / ˘ / ˘ / ˘ / To swell \| the gourd, \|\| and plump \| the ha- \| zel shells

08-25-2009, 10:33 AM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	A poem with stage directions. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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