Disyllables | |
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◡ ◡ | pyrrhic, dibrach |
◡ – | iamb |
– ◡ | trochee, choree |
– – | spondee |
Trisyllables | |
◡ ◡ ◡ | tribrach |
– ◡ ◡ | dactyl |
◡ – ◡ | amphibrach |
◡ ◡ – | anapaest, antidactylus |
◡ – – | bacchius |
– ◡ – | cretic, amphimacer |
– – ◡ | antibacchius |
– – – | molossus |
See main article for tetrasyllables. | |
In English poetry, accent refers to the stressed syllable of a polysyllabic word, or a monosyllabic word that receives stress because it belongs to an "open class" of words (noun, verb, adjective, adverb) or because of "contrastive" or "rhetorical" stress. In basic analysis of a poem by scansion, accents can be represented by a short vertical line (') preceding the syllable, while the divisions between feet are shown by a slash (/).
There is generally one accent in each foot, for example:
- Be-'hold / her, 'sin-/gle 'in / the 'field
- Yon 'sol-/i-'tar-/y 'high-/land 'lass!
- 'Reap-ing / and 'sing-/ing 'by / her-'self;
- 'Stop here /or 'gent-/ly 'pass.
See also
References
- St. Edward's University:
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-07-03. Retrieved 2007-12-28.
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