ENG 1102 Patterns of Rhythm Poetic Forms Open Form

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Patterns of Rhythm Poetic Forms Open Form: 

Patterns of Rhythm Poetic Forms Open Form

Rhythm: 

Rhythm stressed and unstressed sounds that repeat throughout a line of poetry Meter the rhythmic pattern of stresses Rising meter: unstressed to stressed Falling meter: stressed to unstressed Prosody all of the different meters that make up the poem Scansion the number of stresses in a line

A poetic foot: 

A poetic foot One foot is usually one stressed and one or two unstressed syllables Iamb (US) Trochee (SU) Anapest ( UUS ) Dactyl ( SUU ) Spondee (SS) One line is made up of several feet

A poetic line: 

A poetic line One line is made up of several feet Monometer Dimeter Trimeter Tetrameter Pentameter Hexameter Heptameter Octameter Thus, you may write in iambic pentameter or trochaic heptameter —depending on the type of foot and the number of feet per line.

Line breaks: 

Line breaks

Forms: 

Forms the shape and structure of a poem

Most Common Fixed Forms: 

Most Common Fixed Forms Couplets two lines, aa Heroic couplet : rhymed iambic pentameter

Most Common Fixed Forms: 

Most Common Fixed Forms Tercet three line stanza varied rhyme scheme Terza rima : aba / bcb / cdc / ded / efe

Most Common Fixed Forms: 

Most Common Fixed Forms Quatrain four line stanza ballad : aabb abba aaba abcb

Fixed Forms: 

Fixed Forms 14 lines Italian Sonnet octet ( abbaabba ) and sestet ( cdecde or cdcdcd ) Shakespearian Sonnet 3 quatrains and a couplet ( abab cdcd efef gg ) Pose a problem (in octet or in quatrains) Offer a solution (in sestet or in couplet) Sonnet

Fixed Forms: 

Fixed Forms 19 lines into 6 stanzas 5 Tercets ( aba aba aba aba aba ) Quatrain ( abaa ) Repetitions: ll 1, 6, 12, 18 ll 3, 9, 15, 19 Villanelle

Fixed Forms: 

Fixed Forms Doesn’t rhyme 39 lines 6 6 line stanzas 3 line concluding stanza (envoy) Repeat the end words of the first 6 lines in the next 5 stanzas and the envoy Brief witty poem Irony, wit, satire, paradox Sestina Epigram

Fixed Forms: 

Fixed Forms 5 anapestic lines ( aabba ) Lines 1, 2, 5 contain 3 feet Lines 3 and 4 contain 2 feet Humorous, contains puns 3 unrhymed lines of 5 syllables, 7 syllables, then 5 syllables. Natural poem, simple themes Lyric poem about someone who has died Meditative poem expressing thoughts Elegy Haiku Limerick

Fixed Forms: 

Fixed Forms Serious and formal Repeated patterns of stanzas OR each new stanza reveals a new pattern Lengthy Lofty and dignified Ode

Fixed Forms: 

Fixed Forms Imitation of a serious work May be of any form Humorous in tone Uses literary criticism Parody

Open Forms: 

Open Forms Can’t be scanned for a predominant meter Rarely rhyme Rhythmic qualities based on word choice and word order Prose poems: printed as prose Free Verse