Versification: Rhythm, Meter and Rhyme

Pregunta	Respuesta
iamb	unstressed - stressed again, discuss, benign, perhaps
trochee	stressed-unstressed happy, never, gladly, nowhere
anapest	unstressed - unstressed - stressed entertain, hurry up
spondee	stressed heart break, wine glass, Big Mac, men talk
dactyl	stressed - unstressed - unstressed dangerous, happiness, orchestra
3 feet	Trimeter
4 feet	Tetrameter
5 feet	Pentameter
6 feet	Hexameter
7 feet	Heptameter
8 feet	Octameter
meter of the poem =	stress pattern + number of stresses per line eg. iambic tetrameter, dactyllic dimeter, ..
end-stopped lines	“syntactic unit comes to a close at the end of the line” – pause at the end of lines, individual words are emphasized
run-on lines (enjambment):	“syntactical unit carries into the next line” – can speed up the rhythm of the poem; yet also pauses
end-rhyme vs internal rhyme	And I‘m here in the Clink for a thundering drink and blacking the (Kipling, Barrack.-Room Ballads)
alternate rhyme:	ABAB CDCD...
embracing rhyme	ABBA CDDC...
rhyming couplets:	AA BB CC...
continuous rhyme:	AAAA BBBB...

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	Creado por Lisza Neumeier hace casi 8 años