ENGLISH 1A03 Lecture Notes - Dimeter, Trochee, Edwin Arlington Robinson
15 Dec 2012
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Scansion is the method of determining the metre of poetry: syllables: when e ver rich ard co ry went down town (10 syllables, whenever richard cory went down town, whenev/er rich/ard co/ry went/ down town. =breve(symbol to mark unstressed syllable: find the prevailing unit: =iamb (unstressed, stressed) (adjective: iambic) x5 feet (pentameter) = iambic pentameter. Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam. The words dactyl and trochee begin with a consonant, and both of these feet begin with a stressed syllable. The words iamb and anapest begin with an unstressed syllable. Number of feet in a line of poetry. Spondee: a foot consisting of two stressed syllables, used for dramatic emphasis. Relationship between the people of tilbury town and those who stand out (as either heroes, outcasts, or both) Robinson known for exploiting the possibilities of conventional metres. Poem shows that the towns peoples evidence of cory is superficial (class, clothing, etc)
