Post on 22-Feb-2016
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How do poets use rhythm to impact the feeling of their writing?
In this lesson you will learn how rhythm adds to a poem by tracking
the beat and then matching the rhythm with the feeling.
Let’s Review
SYLLABLES = Building blocks of words
Ice - 1Water - 2
Goodbye - 2Worrying - 3
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Unstressed
StressedSYLLABLES
CHICKen, not chickEN
Let’s Review
Stressed / unstressed pattern
creates RHYTHM in a poem
A Common Mistake
Not reading aloud = not hearing the rhythm
Core LessonCore Lesson
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THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
By: Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
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Core LessonCore LessonHow does the
rhythm sound to our ears? Is it fast or slow? Smooth
or choppy?
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How does the rhythm impact the feeling of the poem? Does the rhythm support or
contrast with the meaning so far?
The smooth but measurable rhythm supports the thoughtful mood of the poem. As the speaker is weighing two options, the rhythm matches the speaker’s feeling.
Core LessonCore Lesson
Read the poem aloud, noticing the rhythmic pattern.1
2 How does the poem sound? (fast or slow? smooth or choppy?)
3 Visualize: “Does the rhythm sound like it matches what is happening in the poem?”
In this lesson you have learned how rhythm impacts a poem
by tracking the beat of a poem and then matching the rhythm
with the feeling.
Guided Practice Mark the rhyming pattern in stanza 2 of “The Road Not Taken”.
THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
By: Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Guided Practice
Then, determine what the rhythm sounds like and decide whether it supports or contrasts with what’s happening in the stanza.
The rhythm (choose one) supports / contrasts with the mood of the poem because:
Extension Activities
Mark the stressed syllables in the following lines.
I walked through the doorAnd what did I seeBut a cat on the floorStaring at me!
Is there a rhythmic pattern? Explain.
Extension Activities
Write one poem with a strong rhythmic pattern, and then re-write the poem without rhythm, by changing as few words as possible.How does the rhythm affect the poem?
Quick QuizQuick Quiz Mark the rhythm and the stressed syllables in “Cripple” by Carl Sandburg.
Quick QuizQuick Quiz
Then, look at the rhythm of the poem as a whole. How does the rhythm impact the poem’s overall feeling?