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2. Musical patterns
• Poetry is characterised by musical patterns of sounds
which are based on the natural qualities
of spoken language.
the stanza
the line (a section of a poem the canto
(the basic unit) which consists of or book
several lines)
5. Rhythm
• Rhythm generally refers to the pace or speed
of a poem.
6. Metre
6. Metre
• Adapted into English, the long syllables became the
stressed syllables, marked with a ‘¯’, and the short syllables
became unstressed syllables, marked with a ‘˘’:
7. Words
Grammatical Content
words words
unstressed stressed
8. Types of feet
unstress-stress
• Two types of feet
stress-unstress
8. Types of feet
• Example:
Will I / with wine / and was / sails so / convince
9. Analyse rhythm
• How to analyse rhythm in a poetic text? Here are some
tips that may be useful when you deal with rhythm in
the analysis of a poem:
• See how the line is permeated with the /e/ sound, which
creates a sense of doom. Beowulf’s mood recalls the
mood of tragic heroes.
crack
bang
screech
snuffle