Poetry Scansion

the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry. (the rhythm)

• beat
• meter
• poetry
• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry. 

• rhythm
• meter
• stanza
• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A unified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem. 

• verse
• alliteration
• stanza
• enjambment

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

anapest or anapestic

• unstressed stressed
• stressed unstressed
• unstressed unstressed stressed
• stressed unstressed unstressed

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

trochee or trochaic 

• unstressed stressed
• stressed unstressed
• unstressed unstressed stressed
• stressed unstressed unstressed

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

dactyl or dactyllic

• unstressed stressed
• stressed unstressed
• unstressed stressed stressed
• stressed unstressed unstressed

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Iambic

• unstressed stressed
• stressed unstressed
• unstressed unstressed stressed
• stressed unstressed unstressed

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

a metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one ( / u )

• anapest
• dactyl
• iamb
• trochee

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

a metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one ( u / )

• anapest
• dactyl
• iamb
• trochee

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

a metrical foot consisting of two stressed syllables followed by an unstressed one ( / / U )

• anapest
• dactyl
• iamb
• trochee

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4