Writing about poetry

Rhythm/metre

• Pentameter
• Tetrameter
• Trimeter
• Dimeter

Metrical variation

• Foot
• Iamb ( _ / ) (iambic)
• Trochee ( / _ ) (trochaic)
• Spondee ( / / ) (spondaic)
• Anapaest ( _ _ / ) (anapaestic)
• Dactyl ( / _ _ ) (dactylic)

Rhyme

• Regular
• Irregular
• Internal

Sound Patterns

• Alliteration
• Assonance
• Consonance

Write about effect

emphasises / places emphasis upon / reinforces / highlights / draws our attention to / supports / suggests / implies/

Writing About Metre Examples

Song (When I am dead, my dearest)

The tetrameter of two iambs and an amphibrach is broken away from in the line "Sing no sad songs for me". This metrical variation coupled with the assonance serves to emphasis this line and highlight the importance that Rossetti attaches to the addressee moving on.


Good Friday

The stresses of the iambic feet in the line "Am I a stone, and not a sheep," land on a few key words including "stone" and "stone" that have religious