Iambic pentameter is one of many meters used in poetry and drama. It describes a particular rhythm that the words establish in each line. That rhythm is measured in small groups of syllables; these small groups of syllables are called "feet". The word "iambic" describes the type of foot that is used. The word "pentameter" indicates that a line has five of these "feet".
These terms originally applied to the quantitative meter of classical Greek poetry. They were adopted to describe the equivalent meters in English accentual-syllabic verse.
In common words its the rhythm...think of a trotting or galloping horse beat..or singsong....
"One bright day in the middle of the night
two dead boys got up to fight
back to back they faced each other
drew thier swords and shot each other"
sorry it was the first one that came to mind LOL
An anapaest, anapæst, or anapest, also called antidactylus, is a metrical foot used in formal poetry. In classical quantitative meters it consists of two short syllables followed by a long one (as in a-na-paest); in accentual stress meters it consists of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable.
I am out of humanity's reach
I must finish my journey alone
OK this one has no use in MY MIND in regard to cowboy poetry.....
A trochee or choree, choreus, is a metrical foot used in formal poetry consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one.
Peter, Peter pumpkin-eater
Had a wife and couldn't keep her.
Dactylic pentameter is a form of meter in poetry. It is normally found in the second line of the classical Latin or Greek elegiac couplet, following the first line of dactylic hexameter.
The meter consists of two halves, both shaped around the dactylic hexameter line up to the main caesura. That is, it has two dactyls (for which spondees can be substituted), following by a longum, followed by two dactyls (which must remain dactyls), followed by a longum. Thus the line most normally looks as follows (note that - is a long syllable, u a short syllable and U either one long or two shorts):
- U | - U | - || - u u | - u u | -
Me I would explan the first one since it does help with the flow of the poem the rest I would give them the definations and yall together figure out a way to define them to the Judge.....dont worry about using them.....if it is good and it is easy to listen to then you will have all the proper components without the stress LOL
This is about learning BUT suppose to be fun~ you can do it [/b]
