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| A pause at the end of a line of a verse |
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| Pauses indicated within a line of verse |
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| Run-on line or Enjambement |
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| When there is no pause at the end of the line---one line flows into the next |
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| The act of breaking down poetic lines into their basic units to discover their rhythm and rhyme |
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| Breaking down the verse into its textual parts---not attempt to discover meaning |
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Accentual Syllabic
Accentual-Syllabic & Free Verse |
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| A system of verse in which accents are used to determine the length of lines of poetry. (8th century) |
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| ' over a syllable means that it IS to be accented |
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| (looks like a little "u") over a syllable means it IS NOT to be accented |
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| The # of syllables is counted to establish the length of lines of a verse. The # of accents could vary as long as the # of syllables remained constant. |
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In my craft or sullen art
Exercised in the still night
When only the moon rages
And the lovers lie abed...
Each line has 7 syllables, even though the accents change in each line, both in their # and position. |
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