In poetry, meter is the pattern of D. Stressed and unstressed syllables
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Poetry is a literature form that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language, such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre to evoke meanings. Poetry uses forms and conventions to suggest differential interpretation to words, and evoke emotive responses.
Meter is a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that defines the rhythm of some poetry. Stress patterns are defined in groupings (feet) of two or three syllables. A pattern of unstressed-stressed for instance is a foot called an iamb.
The type and number of repeating feet in each line of poetry define line's meter. For example, iambic pentameter is a type of meter contains five iambs per line
The most common feet found in metered poetry are:
- Iambs (unstressed-stressed)
- Trochees (stressed-unstressed)
- Spondees (stressed-stressed)
- Dactyls (stressed-unstressed-unstressed)
- Anapests (unstressed-unstressed-stressed)
This is the example of meter from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet:
If I profane with my unworthiest hand
This [h-o-l-y] shrine, the gentle fine is this:
My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand
To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.
Where the stressed syllables are signed in bold and the unstressed syllables are signed in non-bold.
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Grade: 9
Subject: english
Chapter: poetry
Keywords: poetry, meter
