Another hallmark of Stevenson's language in "I Know Not How, But As I Count" is its musicality. As we noted earlier, the poem is written in iambic tetrameter, which gives it a kind of rhythmic quality. But Stevenson also uses other poetic techniques, such as rhyme and repetition, to c...
Three feet per line =trimeter. Here's a sentence in iambic trimeter: "I eat the bread and cheese." Bah-BAH (1) bah-BAH (2) bah-BAH (3). Four feet per line =tetrameter. Here's a sentence in trochaic tetrameter: "Father ordered extra pizza." BAH-bah (1) BAh-bah (2) BAH-ba...
"Each of my eyes took a sore blow" to "My eyes were struck, a sore blow": This change im...
Iambic Tetrameter Tetrameter is the term used to describe the number of iambic patterns in one line. Each pattern is called a foot. In iambic tetrameter, each foot is made up of two syllables, and each line contains four feet. Iambic Trimeter In iambic trimeter...
If there are only four iambs, it is called iambic tetrameter ("tetra" means four). Similarly, if there are five trochees in a line, it's called trochaic pentameter. Read More Visual Effects in Poetry Concrete poetry, or shape poetry, is where the words or lines of a poem actually...
If there are only four iambs, it is called iambic tetrameter ("tetra" means four). Similarly, if there are five trochees in a line, it's called trochaic pentameter. Read More Visual Effects in Poetry Concrete poetry, or shape poetry, is where the words or lines of a poem actually...
In a poem, we may find something that appeals to our feeling. A poet always writes of things we can see or feel or hear. Compare: I feel very happy. My heart is like a singing bird. It’s midnight. The iron tongue of midnight hath tolled twelve. Spring is here. Line 1—1...
For example, take the words "when in”. In this metrical foot, these words would be an iamb if “when” was unstressed and “in” was stressed. Iambic Tetrameter Tetrameter is the term used to describe the number of iambic patterns in one line. Each pattern is called a foot...
Chapter Two.How to Read a poem HowtoReadapoem?咏鹅 鹅鹅鹅，曲项向天歌。白毛浮绿水，红掌拨清波。•首句连用三个“鹅”字，表达了诗人对鹅十分喜爱之情。这三个“鹅”字，可以理解为孩子听到鹅叫了三声，也可以理解为孩子看到鹅在水中嬉戏，十分欣喜，高兴地连呼三声“鹅、鹅、鹅”。•次句“曲项...
If there are only four iambs, it is called iambic tetrameter ("tetra" means four). Similarly, if there are five trochees in a line, it's called trochaic pentameter. Read More Visual Effects in Poetry Concrete poetry, or shape poetry, is where the words or lines of a poem actually...