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Prosody Flashcards

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Stress

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The emphasis given to one syllable over another

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Metre

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The regular rhythmic pattern seen and heard in verse

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Quantitative Metre

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Lines have no stresses but the number and length of syllables are counted.

  • Normally used in imitation of Latin or Greek. Hard to achieve in English as it is a stressed language.
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Alliterative Metre

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A fixed number of stresses in each line (four); the number of syllables varies. Stresses are emphasised by sound repetition.

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Accentual Syllabic Metre

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Stresses and syllables are counted and fixed into regular patterns.

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Feet

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Units of verse containing an arrangement of stressed or unstressed syllables.

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Iamb

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Two syllable foot
Unstressed - stressed

eg, “behold”

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Trochee

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Two syllable foot
Stressed- unstressed

eg, “trochee”

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Anapest

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Three syllable foot
Unstressed - unstressed - stressed

eg, Tennessee

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Dactyl

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Three syllable foot
Stressed - unstressed - unstressed

eg, scorpion

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Spondee

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Two syllable foot
Stressed - Stressed

eg, football

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Pyrrhic

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Two syllable foot
Unstressed - unstressed

(very rare don’t worry too much)

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Amphibrach

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Three syllable foot
Unstressed - stressed - unstressd

eg, banana

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Amphimacer

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Three syllable foot
Stressed - unstressed - stressed

eg, sacrifice

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Monometer

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One foot line

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Dimeter

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Two foot line

17
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Trimeter

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Three foot line

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Tetrameter

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Four foot lines

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Pentameter

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Five foot lines

20
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Hexameter

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Six foot lines

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Heptameter

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Seven foot lines

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Octameter

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Eight foot lines

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