A poetic foot is a combination of stressed and unstressed syllables. Look at the first stanza of “The Raven” and identify the ty
pe of poetic foot being used. Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
“'Tis some visitor, “I muttered, tapping at my chamber door —
Only this, and nothing more.”
Note the type of foot. Then, in two to three sentences, explain your answer using examples from the poem.
Trochaic octameter is the poetic foot of a line in poetry where there are eight feet/ syllables per line. The foot of each word has two syllables where a stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed syllable.
In the given poetry of Edgar Allen Poe, the lines all contain stressed syllables followed by unstressed syllables, alternating between the two. This is evident in the first lines of the poem-
Logic and the use of facts are an effect element for persuasion. Appealing to the audience/reader’s logos is going to get them to listen to reason. Facts and logic cannot be manipulated by emotion, so it makes for a much stronger argument. That is what people will listen to the most.
He is both excited and fearful after hearing the witches' prediction about his future because the witches told Macbeth that he would be king, and he is worried about his role in making the prediction come true.
Answer: Ponyboy Curtis and his two older brothers, Soda and Darry. The boys are orphans and struggle to stick together in their lower-class neighborhood, known as the East Side. They are part of a gang along with their friends and it's called the Greasers. The Greasers and another gang called the Socs get in a rumble. Ponyboy gets jumped.
