“Upon the Burning of Our House, July 10, 1666” by Anne Bradstreet
Inversion: Reversal of normal word order
Meter: a pattern of rhythm in a line of verse; a pattern of beats; a form musical rhythm.
o Strong = / (Voice is louder or goes up in pitch)
o Weak = U (Voice is softer and lower in pitch)
Example of Inversion from Poem – write
the meter above each example; / & U
U / U /
U
/ U /
“In silent night when rest I took” (line 1)
“I, starting up, the light did spy,” (line 7)
“When by the ruins oft I past” (line 21)
“My pleasant things in ashes lie,” (line 27)
“And them behold no more shall I.” (line 28)
Restatement of Inversion