![]() ![]() Some words have just one beat or syllable, like: Syllables recapįirst, let’s do syllables. So all you have to do to start learning meter is to become aware of what you’re already doing. ![]() Whether you know it or not, you constantly vary the amount of stress (meaning loudness, weight, or any other emphasis) that you give to different syllables and words, when you talk and when you read. Learning poets sometimes get themselves in a twist about this, but I hope you won’t! You see there’s no need to fear stresses, because it’s something that you use all the time. ![]() You see, in English, all meter (and indeed all rhythm) is built on patterns of stressed and unstressed words and syllables. In the beginning, there was stressed and unstressedīefore we get to meter though, I need to get you a little stressed. ![]() So this article is the first in a series where I will take you through what you need to know to about meter. Likewise, learning meter can help you understand the sounds, feelings, and “textures” of the words you’re using, even if you never publish a line of iambic pentameter in your life. Drawing helps artists learn about shape, light, texture, and line, and that’s helpful even if they never exhibit a single drawing. ![]()
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