Now that you've seen what meter is, let's take a look at how we learn to use it. This article is useful both for teachers of poetry and for those who would like more practice with hearing meter.
Writing represents a complex interplay between author, audience, and artifact. As a teacher, my goals are to help students identify their personal writing goals, illustrate the importance of social and cultural considerations that affect genres, and then guide them in preparing works that will resonate with readers. The lesson plans shared here represent several years of my teaching.
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Saturday, June 18, 2011
Meter in Poetry
Meter is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in each line of a poem. In a stressed-syllabic language like English, meter is the way we identify and understand the overall rhythm of the piece.