ENGLISH X

ALVIN D. DE LA CRUZ, LPT

NARVACAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL
 POETIC FOOT

The traditional line of metered poetry

contains a number of rhythmical units, which
are called feet. The feet in a line are
distinguished as a recurring pattern of two or
three syllables. The pattern, or foot, is
designed according to the number of syllables
contained, and the relationship in each foot
between the strong and weak syllables.
 KINDS OF FOOT

a. Iamb – unstressed-stressed (^ ′)
b. Trochee – stressed-unstressed (′ ^)
c. Anapest – unstressed-unstressed-stressed (^ ^ ′)
d. Dactyl – stressed-unstressed-unstressed (′ ^ ^)
e. Spoondee – stressed-stressed (′ ′)
f. Phyric – unstressed-unstressed (^ ^)
g. Amphibrach – unstressed-stressed-unstressed
(^ ′ ^)
 NUMBER OF FEET

One foot – monometer

Two feet – diameter
Three feet – trimeter
Four feet – tetrameter
Five feet – pentameter
Six feet – hexameter
Seven feet - heptameter
 CONTENT WORD vs. FUNCTION WORD

Content Words (stressed):

Noun
Action Verb
Main Verb
Adjective
Adverb
Function Words(unstressed)
Pronouns
Linking Verb
Helping Verb
Modals
Preposition
Interjection
Conjunction
Articles
Demonstrative Adjective
Quantifiers
Auxiliary Verb
 SONNET
Jose Garcia Villa
First, a poem must be magical,
Then musical as a seagull.
It must be a brightness moving
And hold secret a bird’s flowering
It must be slender as a bell.
And it must hold fire as well.
It must have the wisdom of bows
And must kneel like a rose.
It must be able to hear
The luminance of dove and deer.