Help each other get it right–it can be tricky! Count your iambs. I like to think of the unstressed syllable (U) as the launch pad and the stressed syllable (/) is the rocket going into space. Then put a U (should look like a bucket, not like the letter u) over each unstressed syllable (shall, com, thee, a, mer’s for some examples) and a slanted line / over each stressed syllable. ![]() Rough winds| do shake| the dar | ling buds | of May,Īnd sum | mer’s lease | hath all | too short| a date. Thou art | more lov | ly and| more temp| erate. Shall I | compare| thee to | a sum|mer’s day? After every two syllables, draw a vertical line. Look at Sonnet 18 (by the way, you know it’s Shakespearean because the rhyme scheme is ABABCDCDEFEFGG! Bill wasn’t an ABBA fan.). Iambic pentameter: five (penta) repetitions of iambs (unstressed+stressed syllables). It should be on ONE of the many front tables I have taken over. If I haven’t given it to you yet, please find it in the classroom. There’s a sheet (which I may have already given you) with a sonnet by William Shakespeare on one side and some space for notes about iambic pentameter on the other. ![]() ![]() In my absence, you need to practice scoring iambic pentameter–that means marking the iambs and unstressed, stressed syllables in a line of iambic pentameter or blank verse.
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