What is the point of poetry? Explain in one well-developed paragraph.

Rhythm Meter—regular rhythmic pattern Scansion—identification of the meter of the poem

Foot Rhythmic unit within a line Rhythmic unit within a line –Iamb: ˘ ¯ unstressed, stressed Example: Fort Bend allureagree

Scan this line to identify the stressed (emphasized) and unstressed (not emphasized) beats Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? How many iambs are in this line?

–Trochee: ¯ ˘ stressed, unstressed –Example: Houston, London, hip hop –Anapest: ˘ ˘ ¯ unstressed, unstressed, stressed –Example: Baton Rouge –Dactyl: ¯ ˘ ˘ stressed, unstressed, unstressed –Example: Sugar Land, Galveston –Pyrrhus: ˘ ˘ unstressed, unstressed –I went to the store. –Spondee: ¯ ¯ stressed, stressed –TAKS Test

Number of Feet Onemonometer Onemonometer Twodimeter Twodimeter Threetrimeter Threetrimeter Fourtetrameter Fourtetrameter Fivepentameter Fivepentameter Sixhexameter Sixhexameter Sevenheptameter Sevenheptameter

Scan the following lines of poetry: I never thought that I should see Something so lovely as a tree. What kind of feet make up this poem? How many feet are there in each line?

Rhyme Repetition of accented vowel sounds, and all sounds following them, in words that are close together in a poem Repetition of accented vowel sounds, and all sounds following them, in words that are close together in a poem –End rhyme—occurs at the ends of lines, as in There was an old woman who lived in a shoe She had so many children she didn’t know what to do

–Internal rhyme—occurs in the middle of a line, as in Mary, Mary, quite contrary –Near rhyme, or slant rhyme—final consonant sounds match, but not necessarily the preceding vowel, as in grope/cupdrunkard/conquered

Sonnet 14 lines 14 lines Iambic pentameter Iambic pentameter Follows a rhyme scheme (usually focused on end rhyme) Follows a rhyme scheme (usually focused on end rhyme)

Sonnet English/Shakespearean English/Shakespearean –Three quatrains abab cdcd efef abab cdcd efef –Couplet gg gg

Sonnet Italian/Petrarchan Italian/Petrarchan –Octave Eight lines Eight lines abbaabba abbaabba Presents the story, raises a question, states a proposition Presents the story, raises a question, states a proposition Volta (turn) between 8 th and 9 th lines Volta (turn) between 8 th and 9 th lines –Sestet six lines six lines cdecde or cdcdcd or cdedce cdecde or cdcdcd or cdedce Abstract comment, applies the proposition, solves the problem Abstract comment, applies the proposition, solves the problem

Spenserian Sonnet Spenserian Sonnet –Abab bcbc cdcd ee