![]() This rhythm is catchy because the poet first sets the rhythm, and then breaks it in the last few syllables. These lines follow a pattern of four iambs in each line. Example #10: The Courage That My Mother Had by Edna St. It adds to the rhythm, yet it carries a subdued effect. This poet has used anapests (two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable) in this example. ![]() SwinburneĪnd the hunger that moans in her passion,Īs a wolf’s that the winter lays lash on…Īre the sons of the shore and the daughters.” Roethke has used three iambs, or three beats per line, giving the poem regular rhythmic flow. The rhyme scheme of this poem is ABAB, which means the first and the third lines rhyme, as do the second and the fourth lines. Example #8: My Papa’s Waltz by Theodore Roethke See that word “I” is unaccented or unstressed with different feet as underlined. ![]() Notice in this first stanza, that the accented syllables are emphasized. The poet has used trochees, giving a strong rhythm to the poem. In this poem, the speaker is feeling dejected, wondering if there could be hope and morning again. Example #7: Will There Really Be a Morning? by Emily Dickinson This single line is an example of a dactylic pattern, as one stressed syllable is followed by two unstressed syllables, the stressed syllables noted in bold above. Example #6: The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred Lord Tennyson Here, the first syllables of the words “ tyger,” “ burning,” and “ forests” are stressed however the second syllables are unstressed. Trochees are perfectly used in this poem by William Blake. This poem gives a strong rhythmical effect. Here, the stressed or accented syllables of the trochaic pattern are shown in bold-face type. Sir John has written this poem in trochaic meter. The chorus of the witches’ spell shows a perfect example of trochees. These two lines are taken from Shakespeare’s Macbeth. “DOU-ble, / DOU-ble / TOIL and / TROU-ble Example #3: Macbeth by William Shakespeare The spondaic meter is explicitly visible in the words “wide was.” However, the remaining line is iambic pentameter. Milton has used spondee in this entire epic poem. “And Life-blood streaming fresh wide was the wound.” In the above lines the stressed syllables are expressed in bold. There are ten syllables in iamb pentameter, where the second syllable is accented or stressed. Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.įrom forth the fatal loins of these two foesĪ pair of star- cross’d lovers take their life ” Example #1: Romeo Juliet by William Shakespeare
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