Here is another figure to highlight what we have done. How the rhythm of a poem is analyzed is given above. You mark the syllables that are stressed(“/”) and those that are unstressed, as in Figure 1. When you scan a line of poetry, you analyze its rhythm. Since every Feet has one unstressed syllable at the beginning and one stressted syllable at the end, the Line has got 5 “Iambic Feet.” So, the each of the Lines has five iambic Feet, each is said to have Iambic pentameter. The fifth Feet starts from the middle of word “summer’s” – that because you construct Feet by syllables and not by words.You start from the left of the Line and pick two syllables (first unstressed, second stressed) together and they become one Feet. That is why is the first Feet where “Shall” is unstressed and “I” is stressed (see the marks above the syllables). This particular type of pattern or rhythmical pattern is called Iambic pentameter.ġ. Therefore we should say this: The rhythm of his sonnets have been achieved by using five feets in every line. The second syllable “mer” is unstressed and is marked by ” ” on top.Ī Feet is a combination of two adjacent syllables. In Figure 1, the first syllable “sum” is stressed and is denoted by a “/” on top. Very important to remember that it is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poem that is called “Rhythm.” Example: The word “summer” has two syllables: (1) sum and (2) mer. Consists of wordsĮx: Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?Ĭomponent’s of word, usually consisting of stressed and unstressed components. Now, the table below has got all the elements that comprise rhythm of poem:
Shakespeare wrote his sonnets in Iambic pentameter. We say that the poem is written in Iambic pentameter. Moving further, when a line of poem has the following five Feet or metrical units: Since Shakespeare sonnets has five iambic feets in every line, we say that Shakespeare has composed his sonnets in Iambic Pentameter. If a line of verse has five Iambic Feets in a line, then we call an Iambic Pentameter. If a feet has one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable, we call it an “ Iambic Feet.” If a line of verse has five feet, we call it a pentameter.
Therefore, each line of his sonnets has 10 syllables organized in a specific pattern. When you read the line, you should stress the red ones.Įach “Feet” is composed of one unstressed and one stressed syllable. These metrical units or Feet make up the rhythm (or beat) of poetry. The line has five metrical units or “Feet”as shown in the Figure 1 in green boxes. Now, let’s consider a line from one of his sonnets as shown below. Now let’s describe this with an example.īefore going to the example, note that you will experience rhythm when you read the poem out loud correctly. These units are called mertical units or feet. They are paired in five groups or unit each comprising of an unstressed and a stressed ones. Shakespeare has used a specific pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in his sonnets to create the rhythm.Įach line in his sonnet has 10 syllables. Rhythm refers to the naturally occurring patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line. How has Shakespeare composed rhythm in his sonnet? Rhythm and Meter The Song of Hiawatha Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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