Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Meter

Definition: A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

Example:        This is a Lambic Pentameter   
....1...............2.................3.....................4......................5
There WAS..|..TIME..|..when MEAD..|..ow, GROVE,..|..and STREAM,

Significance: A meter allows the speaker to read the poem with a rhythm. When the speaker reads the poem, the speaker reads it with a flow.


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