Now we get another layer smaller, with the structure of individual words, known as meter. You are forgiven if you’re thinking that I’m talking about buying lumber. Line length generally varies from one foot to eight feet. This means there are five unaccented/accented feet per line. Dactylic: as in the word merrily (accented/unaccented/unaccented)Ī common foot and line length combination is iambic pentameter, which was generally how Shakespeare wrote.Trochaic: as in the word topsy (accented/unaccented).Anapestic: as in the word intervene (unaccented/unaccented/accented).Iambic: as in the word destroy (unaccented/accented).The accent is where the emphasis falls on the word: as in when you put the emPHAsis on the wrong syLLAble. In poetry, a “foot” is a basic repeated sequence of meter composed of two or more accented or unaccented syllables. Of course, we all know there are about 3 feet to a meter, right? Well, yes, but that’s not what we’re talking about. One of these patterns is feet, which is related to meter. Moving smaller, let’s discuss patterns within lines. Service to thee, and sing thy praises too. ![]() Then search and try the corners of my heart, ![]() Although Jehovah grace does daily give me,Īs sure this monster Satan will deceive me,Ĭome therefore, Lord from Satan’s claws relieve me.
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