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Rhyme and Meter

This document discusses rhyme and meter in poetry. Rhyme utilizes repeating sound patterns at the end of lines to bring rhythm and musicality to poems, differentiating them from prose. Meter refers to the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry, measured by "feet", and determines the type of meter such as iamb, trochee, anapest or dactyl. Common meters are identified by the number of feet or syllables per line, for example pentameter has five feet.

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Rhyme and Meter

This document discusses rhyme and meter in poetry. Rhyme utilizes repeating sound patterns at the end of lines to bring rhythm and musicality to poems, differentiating them from prose. Meter refers to the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry, measured by "feet", and determines the type of meter such as iamb, trochee, anapest or dactyl. Common meters are identified by the number of feet or syllables per line, for example pentameter has five feet.

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Rhyme and Meter IAMB – unstressed syllable followed by stressed

syllable (bah-BAH)
.
A rhyme is a tool utilizing repeating patterns that a-BOVE sup-PORT hur-RAY
bring rhythm or musicality to poems. This
differentiates them from prose, which is plain. A His noisy snoring woke the neighbors’ dog.
rhyme is employed for the specific purpose of
rendering a pleasing effect to a poem, which TROCHEE- stressed syllable followed by
makes its recital an enjoyable experience. unstressed. (BAH-bah)

While rhyme is usually a repeating sound at the PO-et FA-ther


end of a line in a poem, rhythm is the pattern
created by it. ANAPEST – 2 unstressed followed by stressed
syllable. (bah-bah-BAH)
Alipatong lumapag (a)
Sa lupa — nagkabitak, (b) Un-der- NEATH se-ven-TEEN
Sa kahoy nalugayak, (b)
Sa puso — naglagablab! (c) DACTYL- stressed syllable followed by
unstressed syllable (BAH-bah-bah)
(TAG-INIT)
ni Ildefonso Santos E-le-phant STEP-mo-ther

Meter is a unit of rhythm in poetry; the pattern of COUNTING THE FEET


the beats. It is also called a foot. Each foot has a
certain number of syllables in it, usually two or One foot- monometer
three syllables. The difference in types of meter is Two feet- dimeter
which syllables are accented and which are not. Three feet- trimeter
Four feet-tetrameter
Meter is a way of measuring a line of poetry Five feet – pentameter
based on the rhythm of the words. Six feet – hexameter
Seven feet – heptameter
Meter measures lines of poetry based on stressed Eight feet - octameter
and unstressed syllables.

AP- ple (/) ap-PLE (x)

Fan-TAS-tic (/) FAN-tas-tic fan-tas-


TIC

“No longer mourn for me when I am dead.”

bah-BAH-bah-BAH-bah-BAH-bah-BAH-bah-
BAH

“no LON-ger MOURN for ME when I am


DEAD.”

OTHER METERS:

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