| Kinds of Feet: Iambic |
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| 1. Iamb/ iambic unstressed stressed |
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| The most
natural and common kind in English, this meter |
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| elevates speech
to poetry (iambic pentameter) |
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| Example: |
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| The curfew tolls
the knell of parting day, |
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| The lowing herd
wind slowly o'er the lea, |
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| The plowman
homeward plods his weary way, |
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| And leaves the
world to darkness, and to me. |
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| n | When you say
this aloud, what syllables are stressed? |
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| Mark them with
a “strong” mark (‘) above the syllable. |
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