Prosody , Scansion, Spondee, Trochee, Iambic, Foot And Meter.

1 Prosody.

Definition.

Prosody is the study of meter, rhythm, and intonation of a poetic work. It is a phonetic representation that manipulates meter, tempo, rhythm, pitch, and loudness in a speech for signifying information about the meanings and structure of a statement. Further, prosody is a vital element of language.  It gives toward rhythmic and acoustic impacts in a piece of writing. It includes several elements such as sound, pace, scansion, and meaning.

Types of prosody.

There are four varieties of prosodic metrical patterns. 

1 Syllabic Prosody.

Syllabi prosody owes a particular number of syllables within each and every line. 

2 Accentual Prosody.

Accentual prosody criterion only the accents or stresses in a line of verse. 

3 Accentual syllabic prosody.

Accentual syllabic prosody figures both the number of syllables and accents at each and every line. 

4 Quantitative Prosody.

Quantitative prosody does not figure out the number of syllables. It depends upon the moment of syllables. 

Example of Prosody in Literature.

1. In My Craft Or Sullen Art.

 By (Dyllan Thomas)

>2 Scansion.

Definition.

To divide the poetry or a poetic aspect into feet by suggesting various syllables established on their length is known as scansion or scanning. An explanation of rhythms of poetry through the detachment of its lines or verses into feet accented and unaccented syllables settings indicating. Figuring out on the meter as well as counting the syllables. 

Examples of scansion in literature.

1 Hope Is The Thing With Feathers. 

By (Emily Dickinson)

2 Twelfth Night

By (William Shakespeare)

3 Anyone Lived In A Pretty How Town.

By (E.E Cumming)

>3 Spondee.

Spondee is a beat in a poetic line that exists of two accented syllables i.e. stressed/stressed or Dum-Dum stress structure. Spondee is a poetic device that is not mutual as other measured feet just like iamb and trochee. We hardly find poems written in spondee alone. Moreover, poets use spondee by combining other metrical feet. 

Examples. 

1 The Song Of Hiawatha.

By (Henry Wordsworth Longfellow) 

2 Break, Break, Break.

By (Alfred Lord Tennyson)

>4 Trochee.

A trochee is a measured unit of verse, it has one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable. Just like in the word, "tender.” In Latin and Greek Quantitative verses has one long syllable followed by one short syllable. Lines of verse made up largely of trochees are connected to an as trochaic verse or trochaics.

>5 Iambic Pentameter.

 Iambic pentameter is modified with two words, "Pent" which means five, and "Meter" This means to measure. On the other hand, Iambic is a metrical foot in poetry in which an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed. Iambic pentameter is afoot that uses 10 syllables at each and every line. It is a rhythmic structure including five iambic in each line. Generally, iambic pentameter is used in English poetry.  

An Example. 

Macbeth By (William Shakespeare)

>6 Foot.

Foot is a measuring unit in poetry that is composed of stressed and unstressed syllables. The stressed syllable is generally denoted by a vertical line. On the other hand, the unstressed syllable is depicted by a cross mark.

The assortment of feet develops meter in poetry. 

There are many types of foot in poetry. Each and everyone has unique sounds. Here is the given below. 

1 Iamb. Mixture of unstressed and stressed syllable. (daDUM)

2 Spondee. Mixture of two stressed syllables. (DUMDUM)

3 Trochee. Combination of stressed and unstressed syllables. (DUMda)

4 Pyrrhic. Combination of two unstressed syllables (dada)

5 Dactyl. Mixture of a stressed and two unstressed syllables. (DUMdada) 

6 Amphibrach. Combination of unstressed/stressed and unstressed syllables. (daDUMda)

7 Anapest. Mixture of two unstressed and a stressed syllable. (dadaDUM)

>7 Meter.

Meter is a stressed and unstressed syllabic structure. Within the poem line or in a verse. Stressed syllables incline to be longer and unstressed syllables shorter. In a natural language, a meter is a poetic method that serves as a linguistic sound structure for the verses, as it gives poetry a rhythmical and melodious tone. 

Types Of Meter. 

1 Iambic meter (Unstressed/Stressed)

2 Trochaic meter (Stressed/Unstressed)

3 Spondaic meter (Stressed/Unstressed)

4 Anapestic meter (Unstressed/Unstressed/Stressed)

5 Dactylic meter (Stressed/Unstressed/Unstressed)

Some examples of meter.

1 People become what they believe. (Trochaic Meter)

2 Those who can dream it, they really can achieve it. (Dactylic/Spondee) 

3 Don't search faults, find remedies.

(Iambic Meter)

4 When you give and receive gratefully you feel blessed.

(Anapestic Meter)

Meter Example.

Twelfth Night By (William Shakespeare).

An example of iambic pentameter which prevents an unstressed syllable first then stressed syllable.