1. Meter and Scansion The intended effects of stress

2. Basic unit of meter in poetry is The foot---1 stressed and 1 or more unstressed syllables Iamb u / = rising meter the movement is toward the stress Trochee (reverse of iamb) / u = falling meter the movement is away from the stress Anapest (3 syllables) u u / Dactylic (reverse of anapest) / u u

3. Scansion Analysis of the rhythm of poem (scan for the poetic foot and number of feet Will have 2 (maybe 3) parts of a name Types of feet Monometer (1 foot/line) Dimeter (2 feet/line) Trimeter (3 feet/line) Tetrameter (4 feet/line) Pentameter (5 feet/line) Hexameter (6 feet/line)

4. Examples “To a Waterfowl”---iambic trimeter “The Bells”---irregular iambic pentameter “Brahma”---irregular iambic tetrameter “The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls”---irregular iambic tetrameter “The Courtin’”---iambic tetrameter and irregular iambic trimeter

5. How in the world did you come up with those names for that poetry? Read lines in context Mark stressed and unstressed syllables Divide into feet Count feet Note any irregularities