Rhythm & Meter: Literary Terms Explained!

Talking about Rhythm and Meter in poetry, including major metrical feet, how to hear stressed and unstressed syllables, and how many feet are in a line.

[Augnos]

As a musician struggling to write lyrics, this has really opened my mind to writing better already! Thanks!

[traveltyp]

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I get a comfortable feeling Tim is a confident and educated person to teach me. His public speaking commands my interest.

[samlim]

As someone who never took lit in secondary school and is now taking it for A Levels, thank you so much! This was really clear and great to comprehend.

[mustafaabdelrazik]

Thanks a lot ... I'm student of English literature.. and I gotta say you've done a great job.. and I learned a lot of things

[jerometuo]

My notes in Chinese (prepared for the coming exam):

以重音开头，后面跟非重音的，是“falling rhythm”
U /是iamb（短长格或者抑扬格）是莎士比亚十四行诗常见的
/ u是trochee（长短格或者扬抑格）
u u /是anapest（抑抑扬格）
/ u u是dactyl（强弱格），这种诗歌当中很难见到。
/ /是spondee（扬扬格）
U U是pyrrhic（抑抑格）


二个音步就是dimeter
三个音步就是trimeter
四个音步就是tetrameter
五个音步就是pentameter
六个音步就是Hexameter
七个音步就是Heptameter
八个音步就是Octameter

[TheArhorn]

I've always wondered what meter was. Now I feel I have a much better grasp. Thank you!!!

[enjoyingpoetry-rizalelsarif]

Knowing poetry is a provision for being able to write poetry, your tutorial is very useful for developing a culture of writing poetry

[Slick]

My Man, I've been hunting for an analysis of "It was a Lover and His Lass" for my dissertation and have been coming up dry, so I've been having to learn how to do it myself. It's pretty cut and dry except for the line "In springtime, the only pretty ringtime." This video was awesome! Got me the info I needed and fast. Only wish I could reference you in my dissertation! But my committee probably wouldn't be crazy about that. Funny how we study these days; learn it here, then get your reference somewhere else. Doesn't make much sense. Thanks again!

[hassanechetouane]

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[wazzouz]

Great explanation of rhythm and meter. I knew that Shakespeare wrote in iambic pentameter and didn't understand what that meant until I watched this lecture. Thank you very much!

[DannyGurlAX]

This is really helping me with online classes--its a shame teachers don't know how to explain things this simply when they teach online classes.

[mebearcreations]

who's taking notes? I surely can't be the only one, right? :D

[kailyndekker-black]

This is a great video A+ content. I'd love to see more text over the video for us notetakers.

[gavinblythen]

thanks for the assistance bud, I enjoyed your method of putting your hand underneath your jaw to determine unstressed and stressed syllable

[phoenixed]

Thank you so much, currently im undertaking year 12 lit, and this video is making me more interested in poetry and its structure. Probably should’ve found this before my sac but this helps so much for the upcoming exam!

[valerudy]

I’m an elementary school teacher. I came here to get some last minute clarification for a lesson I’m doing.
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[ivymowry]

Barely making it through highschool English lit. This was super helpful, the teachers explanation of stressed and unstresses syllables and how to mark them was super confusing.

[Reuben_Lalnunzira]

wow, so useful and clear. so musical too

[sanamir]

Thank you. It was very helpful, you explained a difficult topic so easily.

[maheennadeem]

the best english helping video Thank you. It helped alot.