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Scansion, Meter, and Rhyme

Scansion, Meter, and Rhyme. In the traditional ballad. Rhyme Scheme *. Rhyme scheme is determined by assigning letters the end rhyme of each line. (ABAB CDCD EE) Of this World's theatre in which we stay, A My love like the Spectator idly sits, B

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Scansion, Meter, and Rhyme

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  1. Scansion, Meter, and Rhyme In the traditional ballad

  2. Rhyme Scheme * • Rhyme scheme is determined by assigning letters the end rhyme of each line. (ABAB CDCD EE) Of this World's theatre in which we stay, A My love like the Spectator idly sits, B Beholdingme, that all the pageants play, A Disguisingdiversely my troubled wits. B Sometimes I joywhen glad occasion fits, C

  3. Traditional Ballad Rhyme * Scheme • The traditional ballad rhyme scheme is as follows: ABAC ABAC ABAC ABAC

  4. Literary Terms * • Scansion: the diagramming of a poem or song. • Poetic Meter: The rhythmic pattern of a poem. The meter is determined by acknowledging the feet within a line of poetry. • Poetic Foot: a poetic foot is a unit of measurement in a line of poetry.

  5. Literary Terms * • Poetic Foot: a poetic foot is a unit of measurement in a line of poetry. • Feet are marked by combinations of stressed and unstressed syllables. / = Stressed ~ = Unstressed

  6. Try This: Rest your chin in your palm.

  7. Stressed vs. Unstressed • When speaking, each time your chin drops and presses against your palm, this is a stressed syllable. • When speaking and the pressure against your palm is slight, this is an unstressed syllable.

  8. Use scansion to identify the feet in the following… * I do not like green eggs and ham I do not like them Sam-I-am. *This pattern is known as an iamb.

  9. Meter * • Meter is determined by the number and type of feet in a line of poetry. • (~ / ) This is one foot. Here are some other types of poetic feet. • Iambic ~ / • Trochaic / ~ • Anapestic ~ ~ / • Dactylic / ~ ~

  10. Meter Meter is the number of feet in a line. • Monometer = 1 foot • Dimeter = 2 feet • Trimeter = 3 feet • Tetrameter = 4 feet • Pentameter = 5 feet • Hexameter = 6 feet • Heptameter = 7 feet

  11. How to determine meter… * Type of feet + number of feet = meter (~ /) (5X) = iambic pentameter

  12. Ballads are typically… “A ballad stanza in a poem Has lines as long as these. In measuring the lines, we find We get both fours and threes.” • Use scansion marks to identify the stressed and unstressed syllables. • How many stressed syllables are there in each line? • This is known as “the ballad stanza”!

  13. Try this… • Listen to “The Ballad of Gilligan’s Isle.” • Use scansion marks to note stressed and unstressed syllables on your lyrics sheet. • Besides the form used (the ballad stanza) in what other ways is this song a ballad?

  14. Homework • Listen to “Amazing Grace.” • Use scansion marks to note stressed and unstressed syllables. (This should be very easy after today’s lesson!) • Write one to two paragraphs about how this song functions as a traditional ballad.

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