![]() Let me know how your adventures in poetry meter, identifying meter in poetry, and determining the scansion of poems goes. When you come across scansion examples in class that don’t quite fit the iamb, throw out these words and your entire class will think you’re a genius. Variations of iambs include the pyrrhic, spondee, trochee, anapest, and dactyl. “There is a Pleasure in the Pathless Woods” by Lord Byron is a fine example.ĥ. The Spenserian Stanza consists of eight lines of iambic pentameter and one Alexandrine. Iambic hexameter: This has six lines and is referred to as an Alexandrine. Iambic Trimeter: You’ve probably figured out that trimeter has three feet per line as in “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke.Ĥ. “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell is a fine example.ģ. Iambic Tetrameter: Instead of five feet, tetrameter has four. If you’re the non-sonnet type, try an ottava rima or a rhyme royal.Ģ. Here’s a list of poems and meter types to make this the best English class ever.ġ Iambic Pentameter: Any sonnet, English or Petrarchan, will do, as will all of Shakespeare’s plays. If you’re like me, you probably can’t get enough of identifying meter in poetry. If you identified the example as iambic pentameter, give yourself a pat on the back. After marking the scansion, identify the meter.
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