1. Iambic Pentameter
Shakespeare’s Style

2. Meter:
Meter is the rhythm established by a poem, and it is usually dependent not only on the number of syllables in a line but also on the way those syllables are accented.

4. Meter One fish This rhythm is often described as a pattern of
stressed and unstressed syllables.
One fish
Two fish
Red fish
Blue fish

5. Stressed syllable = Unstressed syllable= Scanning Syllables
louder/more force
Unstressed syllable=
softer/ less force
Place the marks above the syllables they represent.

6. Stressed and Unstressed Syllables
A one syllable word is stressed. A word with 2 or more syllables usually has one stressed syllable. Say your first or last name. Which syllable is stressed?

7. Meter: stressed and unstressed syllables
One fish
Two fish
Red fish
Blue fish

8. FOOT (One fish) (Two fish) (Red fish) (Blue fish) 4 FEET
In verse, syllables are divided into rhythmic units.
One rhythmic unit is often described as a foot; patterns of feet can be identified and labeled.
(One fish)
(Two fish)
(Red fish)
(Blue fish)
4 FEET

9. Iambic Pentameter An iamb is a foot with two syllables:
the first syllable is unstressed =
the second syllable is stressed.
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10. Iamb = 2 syllables: 1st unstressed 2nd stressed
to day Ju ly suc cess

11. Iambic Meter
I do not like that Sam-I-am Do you like green eggs and ham? I do not like them, Sam-I-am. I do not like green eggs and ham.

12. Iambic Pentameter: Meter with 5 iambic feet
X X X X X X X X X X
Start with 10 syllables.
Divide the line into feet with 2 syllables in each one.
Label the unstressed and stressed syllables.

13. What's in a name? That which we call a rose,
Scan the lines below: first - divide the syllables into feet second - scan the stressed and unstressed syllables
What's in a name? That which we call a rose,
By any other word would smell as sweet.

14. Iambic Pentameter What's in a name? That which we call a rose,
By any other word would smell as sweet.
Juliet, Act II, scene ii