Notes P.35-P.75

• The word "verse" comes from the Latin and it means "to turn"
• Length and rhythm
1. In metrical verse, each line of the poem can be divided in to feet, and each foot into stresses (syllable sounds), to reveal the overall rhythmic pattern.
2. The process of the dividing a line into its metrical feet and each foot into its individual parts is called scansion. 
3. An iamb, or an iambic foot, is one light stress followed by one heavy stress. 
4. Five iambic feet strung together create and iambic pentameter line. 
• Iambic pentameter is widely used in English metrical verse. It fits the way that their lungs work.
• Metrical Lines:(the lines may be all the same length)
1. One-foot--monometer
2. Two-foot--dimeter
3. Three-foot--trimester
4. Four-foot-tetrameter
5. Five foot-pentameter
6. Six-foot--hexameter. May be called alexandrine when it's pure iambic line. 
7. Seven-foot--heptameter
8. Eight-foot--octameter.
• Metrical feet and symbols:
1. Iamb: a light stress followed by a heavy stress.
2. Trochee: a heavy stress followed by a light stress.
3. Dactyl: a heavy stress followed by two light stresses.
4. Anapest: two light stresses followed by a heavy stress.
5. Spondee: two equal stresses.
• There is a sense of quickness in tetrameter. 
• In hexameters, the first line is pentameter, the second line is the alexandrine. 
• Constancy: When the reader can adapt a rhythm just from the beginning two or three lines of the poem. It make it enjoyable and relaxing to read the whole poem.
• Variation: It can mean both the variation within the poem(the rhythm, the wording) or within readers(the way one reads and interprets the poem.) The variation within the poem can also alert the readers that there is something different or important about this line. The readers can therefore take more time to think about the deeper meaning or intention of that variation. 
• The beginning of the line and the end of the line: The most important thing is the end of the line. The beginning of the line comes after it. The heavy/light stress in the beginning of the line can give readers different feelings. People can also feel the tone of the poem from it. The poems also use the repetition of lines to express their feelings when ending the poem.
• Turning the line: Enjambs--turning the line so that the logical sentence is interrupted. It leads the readers to their curiosity and therefore push them to hurry up to the next line. The situations are different in free verse since it doesn't really follow any patterns or order of any form.
• Conclusion: Each poem have their own meanings. When people read the poems, the rhythm of them would change the feeling of the poem. It can be inviting, and it can be dissuading as well.