Meter Practice
***examples taken from:
http://www.english.emory.edu/clas
ses/Handbook/meter.html
Geschke/English III
Meter Practice
Example 1
• That time of year thou mayst in me behold
Geschke/English III
Meter Practice
Example 1
• Count the number of syllables
– That time of year thou mayst in me behold
•
•
•
•
10
Look at the multi-syllable word(s)
Behold
Correct Pronunciation?
˘ ΄
΄ ˘
• Behold
or
Behold
Geschke/English III
Meter Practice
Example 1
• That time of year thou mayst in me behold
˘ ΄
˘ ΄
˘
΄
˘ ΄ ˘ ΄
• That time of year thou mayst in me behold
• Iambic Pentameter
Geschke/English III
Meter Practice
Example 2
• Tell me not in mournful numbers
Geschke/English III
Meter Practice
Example 2
• Tell me not in mournful numbers
΄ ˘ ΄ ˘
΄ ˘
΄ ˘
• Tell me not in mournful numbers
• Trochaic Tetrameter
Geschke/English III
Meter Practice
Example 3
• And the sound of a voice that is still
Geschke/English III
Meter Practice
Example 3
• And the sound of a voice that is still
˘ ˘
΄
˘ ˘ ΄
˘ ˘ ΄
• And the sound of a voice that is still
• Anapestic Trimeter
Geschke/English III
Meter Practice
Example 4
• This is the forest primeval, the
murmuring pine and the hemlocks
Geschke/English III
Meter Practice
Example 4
΄ ˘ ˘ ΄ ˘ ˘ ΄ ˘ ˘
• This is the forest primeval, the
΄ ˘ ˘
΄
˘ ˘ ΄
˘
murmuring pine and the hemlocks
• Dactylic Hexameter Catalectic
Geschke/English III
Meter Practice