Classwork
1. Rhythm and meter notes. We took notes and looked at a sonnet, determining the meter (obviously, it's iambic pentameter, because it is an English sonnet—but we aren't worrying about that!).
Notes on Rhythm and Meter
meter: means measure in Greek. A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
anapest: unstressed-unstressed-stressed (but of course!)
dactyl: stressed-unstressed-unstressed (honestly)
iamb: unstressed-stressed (collapse)
trochee: stressed-unstressed (pizza)
foot: the building block of meter. As you can see above, a foot consists of two or three syllables.
monometer: a line of one foot
dimeter: a line of two feet
trimeter: a line of three feet
tetrameter: a line of four feet
pentameter: a line of five feet
hexameter: a line of six feet
2. Limerick notes. We wrote a few things down about limericks in our packet, specifically:
It follows a definite rhyme pattern (AABBA)... it has a definite rhythm and number of feet (line 1 is 3 feet, line 2 is 3 feet, line 3 is 2 feet, line 4 is 2 feet, line 5 is 3 feet). Each foot is anapestic (unstressed syllable-unstressed syllable-stressed syllable) or iambic (unstressed syllable-stressed syllable).
If this is confusing, please have your student talk to me during break, or before or after school.
We will not be testing on rhythm and meter, aside from what the number of feet in a limerick is. This is some pretty intense material!
Homework
Write your own limerick; the worksheet is due Wednesday 03/18. The first limerick on the worksheet may be one we started in class. In most cases, it starts as follows:
There once was a Jedi from Dag'bah
That met this guy Skywalkah
Each time it ends with a fight
saber shines so bright
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