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| METER EXERCISE |
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| Meter can be awfully technical, and you can get confused trying to sort out a spondee from a dactyl. (Those aren't dinosaur names.) To be attuned to meter, though, you should probably concentrate first on the internal "beat" of a poem and add the scientific terms later. A guitar teacher might insist that you tap your feet rather than learn to play with a metronome. The same advice may be applied to reading poetry: understand a poem's metrical logic, then get technical, if necessary.
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Scan the meter of the poem below by selecting "/" for stressed syllables and "U" for unstressed syllables in the pull=down menu above each syllable.
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"I'm Happiest When Most Away" by Emily Brontë
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