Sound and Sense: An Introduction to Poetry |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 5
Page 168
... Trochee Trochaic in - ter - vene Anapest Anapestic Triple meters yes - ter - day Dactyl Dactylic true - blue Spondee ( Spondaic ) day Monosyllabic foot The secondary unit of measurement , the LINE , is measured by naming the number of ...
... Trochee Trochaic in - ter - vene Anapest Anapestic Triple meters yes - ter - day Dactyl Dactylic true - blue Spondee ( Spondaic ) day Monosyllabic foot The secondary unit of measurement , the LINE , is measured by naming the number of ...
Page 171
... trochee : Sweet rose , whose hue , an- gry and brave . 5 There is little question also that the following line begins with a trochee in the first foot , followed by a spondee : Bids the rash gaz - er wipe his eye . 6 Similarly , the ...
... trochee : Sweet rose , whose hue , an- gry and brave . 5 There is little question also that the following line begins with a trochee in the first foot , followed by a spondee : Bids the rash gaz - er wipe his eye . 6 Similarly , the ...
Page 327
... trochees . 168 Trochee . A metrical foot consisting of one accented syllable followed by one unaccented syllable ( for example , bār - těr ) . 168 Understatement . A figure of speech that consists of saying less than one means , or of ...
... trochees . 168 Trochee . A metrical foot consisting of one accented syllable followed by one unaccented syllable ( for example , bār - těr ) . 168 Understatement . A figure of speech that consists of saying less than one means , or of ...
Contents
What Is Poetry? | 3 |
From the Book of Job Hast thou given the horse strength | 16 |
Mari Evans | 27 |
Copyright | |
47 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
A. E. Housman accented syllable alliteration allusion anapestic beauty birds College connotations consonant sounds dark dead death e. e. cummings effect Emily Dickinson emotional example experience Explain eyes feel feet figurative term figure of speech flower foot green hand hear heard heart heaven human iambic iambic pentameter iambs irony killed kind language light literal live look lovers meaning metaphor metonymy metrical foot metrical pattern mither moon mouse never night onomatopoetic paradox pause poem poet poet's poetic poetry prose QUESTIONS reader repetition rhythm rime scheme Robert Frost rose scansion sense sestet Shakespeare silence sing sleep song sonnet soul speaker spondee stanza star suggest sweet symbol tell thee things thou thought tone trees trochee Ulysses unaccented syllables verse Vocabulary voice vowel W. H. Auden wind woods words