In poetry, these syllables are often arranged to create repeating, sonic units-what literary critics call “feet”-that compose the meter of a given poem. As you probably know, words in the English languages are composed of a set of stressed and unstressed syllables.
The most common way to do so in English is to follow the stresses in each phrase of the line. The other readings I’ve read in the opposite meter, and they sound funny and unnatural. In both cases, the reason that the first example works is because my pronunciation matches the poetic meter of the words in each line. What about this this opening line to Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven”? This one: “ONCE upON a MIDnight DREARy, WHILE i PONdered WEAK and WEARy”? Or this one: “once UPon A midNIGHT drear-Y, while I ponDERED weak AND wear-Y”? The first one again, right? Consider this line of poetry-the opening to William Shakespeare’s famous Sonnet 18 Which of the following readings sounds better? This one: “shall I comPARE thee TO a SUMmer’s DAY?” or This one: “SHALL i COMpare THEE to A sumMER’s day?” The first one, right? Reading a poem’s meter aloud is a similar way to test your ears. When you get the right combination, those letters sharpen and you can read.
“Is this better, or is this better?” When you get the wrong lens combination, the world blurs and you have trouble reading letters.
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When you go to the eye doctor to check your vision, they sit you down in front of what’s called a phoroptor and flip through a series of lenses to determine the best one for your eyes. What is Poetic Meter? Transcript (English and Spanish Subtitles Available in Video, Click HERE for Spanish Transcript)īy Raymond Malewitz, Oregon State University Associate Professor of American Literature Conference for Antiracist Teaching, Language and Assessment.Fall 2023 Undergraduate Course Descriptions.Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (MAIS).
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