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Scansion 101 a'la shmoop

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human beings like rhythm We look for it in chance [Game day appears]

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on game day in the tapping of the rain against

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the window and in the clicking of the indicator as

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we wait to turn left at the light And of [Car indicator blinking]

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course we look for rhythm in the poems were forced

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to read for our high school english class Well this

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is where the technique known as transient comes in Scansion

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involves scanning up home for meter or the number

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of crinoline and rhythm or the pattern of stressed and

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un stressed syllables in a line and then diagramming the

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whole thing out with the help of a couple of

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symbols Oh and when we talk about feed we're not [Man talking on stage and foot appears]

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talking about the east smelling kind but rather the number

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of times a pattern of two or more accented or

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unaccented syllables occurs in a line Problem is there are

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different kinds of feet no not different kinds of stench [Peoples feet appear]

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but different patterns of accented or anak scented syllables in

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poetry let's go over the common years we're likely to

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encounter in a year old high school english class is

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there's iambic meter in an A pest iq meter which

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are collectively known as rising meters because the pattern moves

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from unstrung est too stressed scylla Voice there's a tro

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chaotic meter and dak tillich meter which are collectively known

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as falling meters Because the pattern moves from stressed toe

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unstrung est syllables spon dayak meter contains on ly stressed

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syllables and pure iq meter contains on ly unstrung est

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syllables These two meters air used to break up homes

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rhythm rather than to created entire poem because a poem [Selection of meters appear]

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containing only stressed or on lian stressed syllables well would

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be really really boring Now that we've gone over common

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poetic meters let's hit the names for line length Align

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with one foot is called a manama eater a line

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with two feet a demeter a line with three feet

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Trim it er and yada yada yada And so when

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you get the idea to get the name of a

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poems metrical description we just come by the name of

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the meter with the name of the line later Okay

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now we've gone through all the vocabulary and there's a [Man speaking in class]

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lot of years in there let's scan a couple of

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things and see how we do one quick note it's

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possible to use can shin on literature other than poetry

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Take these lines from shakespeare's play richard the third for [Shakespear appears on stage]

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example now is the winter of our discontent made glorious

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summer by this sun of york and all the clouds

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that lowered upon our house in the deep bosom of

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the ocean buried art well these four lines are written

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in iambic meter pattern where one unstrapped syllable is followed

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by one stressed syllable There are five feet in each

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of these lines here making them pentameter sze we combine

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the name of the meter with the name of the

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line length to get the metrical description iambic pentameter Let's [Meter and Line Length columns appear]

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look at some lines from henry wadsworth longfellow's the song

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of hiawatha should you ask me whence these stories whence

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these legends and traditions with the odors of the forest

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with the dew and damp of meadows Well these four

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lines are written intro cake meter the pattern where one

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stressed syllable is followed by one unstrung syllable There are

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four feet in each of these lines making them te

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transmitters We combine the name of the meter with the

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name of the line length to get the metrical description

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Tro cake Ted parameter Alright now that we've been through

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the common meters and the names of the line lengths

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and how this whole skansen thing works well let's answer

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a big question Why Why Why should we care about

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scanning poetry Why can't we just kick back with a

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shirley temple Read the darn poem and enjoy well forget [Man drinking on a sun lounger]

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for the moment that we need to know how to

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scan a poem in order Ace high school english scan

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shin is a tool we can use You better understand

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poetry plays music or other rhythmic pieces of literature Not

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only does diagramming the rhythm and meter of a poem

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Show us how a piece should be read aloud But

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also we get a peek into the poet's brain If [Poets head opens and brain pops out]

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the syllables and words here she wanted to emphasize that

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peeking into the brand thing is really cool Or it

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