Friday 22 April 2011

Describe the difference between rising rhythm and falling rhythm in poetry.

First, meter measures units of rhythmic
repetition
within a verse (line) of poetry.These metrical units are called
feet. The standard meters are:
Dimeter, two feet; Trimeter, three feet; Tetrameter, four feet; Pentameter, five feet;
Hexameter, six feet; Heptameter, seven feet; and Octameter, eight feet.


Rhythm options in the English language, which are based
upon syllabic accent, are the rhythms
of: imab, trochee, anapest, dactyl, spondee, and .
Iambs have one unaccented syllable followed by one accented syllable (per^
suade'). Trochees have one accented syllable followed by one unaccented
syllable (par'...

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