How do you tell iambic pentameter from dactylic tetrameter? Or anapaestic dimeter from trochaic trimeter? The video introduces you to accentual-syllabic metre (the predominant English literary verse form).
An in-depth introduction to various metres & rhythms in poetry, including: duple metre, triple metre, monometer, dimeter, trimeter, tetrameter, pentameter, hexameter, heptameter, octameter, iambs (iambic metre), trochees (trochaic metre), spondees (spondaic metre), pyrrhic metre, anapaests (anapaestic metre), dactyls (dactylic metre), tribrach (tribrachic metre), molossus (molossic metre), amphibrach (amphibrach metre), amphimacer (amphimacic metre), bacchius (bacchic metre), antibacchius (antibacchic metre). Lecture includes poetic examples, definitions, explanations, & analysis. Examples include poetry by Thomas Hardy, Alexander Pope, John Milton, John Dryden, William Shakespeare, Lord Byron, William Wordsworth, & Alfred Lord Tennyson.
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triple metre
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trochees (trochaic metre)
spondees (spondaic metre)
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dactyls (dactylic metre)
tribrach (tribrachic metre)
molossus (molossic metre)
amphibrach (amphibrachic metre)
amphimacer (amphimacic metre)
bacchius (bacchic metre)
antibacchius (antibacchic metre)
thomas hardy the voice 1912
alexander pope an essay on criticism 1711
john milton paradise lost 1674
john dryden the hind and the panther 1687
william shakespeare macbeth 1606
lord byron the destruction of sennacherib 1815
william wordsworth anecdote for fathers lyrical ballads 1798
alfred lord tennyson the charge of the light brigade 1854
alfred lord tennyson break break break
english literature analysis
metre poetry examples
meter poetry examples
poetic metre
poetic meter
rhythm poetry examples
poetic rhythm
metre and rhythm
duple metre
triple metre
monometer
dimeter
trimeter
tetrameter
pentameter
hexameter
heptameter
octameter
iambs (iambic metre)
trochees (trochaic metre)
spondees (spondaic metre)
pyrrhic metre
anapaests (anapaestic metre)
dactyls (dactylic metre)
tribrach (tribrachic metre)
molossus (molossic metre)
amphibrach (amphibrachic metre)
amphimacer (amphimacic metre)
bacchius (bacchic metre)
antibacchius (antibacchic metre)
thomas hardy the voice 1912
alexander pope an essay on criticism 1711
john milton paradise lost 1674
john dryden the hind and the panther 1687
william shakespeare macbeth 1606
lord byron the destruction of sennacherib 1815
william wordsworth anecdote for fathers lyrical ballads 1798
alfred lord tennyson the charge of the light brigade 1854
alfred lord tennyson break break break
english literature analysis
metre poetry examples
meter poetry examples
poetic metre
poetic meter
rhythm poetry examples
poetic rhythm
metre and rhythm
duple metre
triple metre
monometer
dimeter
trimeter
tetrameter
pentameter
hexameter
heptameter
octameter
iambs (iambic metre)
trochees (trochaic metre)
spondees (spondaic metre)
pyrrhic metre
anapaests (anapaestic metre)
dactyls (dactylic metre)
tribrach (tribrachic metre)
molossus (molossic metre)
amphibrach (amphibrachic metre)
amphimacer (amphimacic metre)
bacchius (bacchic metre)
antibacchius (antibacchic metre)
thomas hardy the voice 1912
alexander pope an essay on criticism 1711
john milton paradise lost 1674
john dryden the hind and the panther 1687
william shakespeare macbeth 1606
lord byron the destruction of sennacherib 1815
william wordsworth anecdote for fathers lyrical ballads 1798
alfred lord tennyson the charge of the light brigade 1854
alfred lord tennyson break break break
english literature analysis
metre poetry examples
meter poetry examples
poetic metre
poetic meter
rhythm poetry examples
poetic rhythm
metre and rhythm
duple metre
triple metre
monometer
dimeter
trimeter
tetrameter
pentameter
hexameter
heptameter
octameter
iambs (iambic metre)
trochees (trochaic metre)
spondees (spondaic metre)
pyrrhic metre
anapaests (anapaestic metre)
dactyls (dactylic metre)
tribrach (tribrachic metre)
molossus (molossic metre)
amphibrach (amphibrachic metre)
amphimacer (amphimacic metre)
bacchius (bacchic metre)
antibacchius (antibacchic metre)
thomas hardy the voice 1912
alexander pope an essay on criticism 1711
john milton paradise lost 1674
john dryden the hind and the panther 1687
william shakespeare macbeth 1606
