Poe, The Raven, part 2

Click here for the Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror episode with "The Raven."

Poetic Meter:

•A foot is a grouping of stressed (´ ) and/or unstressed ( ˘ ) syllables.

•Iamb ˘ ´

•Trochee ´ ˘

•Anapest ˘ ˘ ´

•Dactyl ´ ˘ ˘

•Spondee ´ ´

•Pyrrhic ˘ ˘

Number of feet per line

•Mono = 1

•Di = 2

•Tri = 3

•Tetra = 4

•Penta = 5

•Hexa = 6

•Hepta = 7

•Octa = 8

•Nona = 9

•Deca = 10

              /        ˘  /        ˘   /    ˘     /      ˘    /     ˘      /      ˘       /          ˘   /         ˘

         Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December,                   d

Mark the meter in the next two lines yourself.  What meter is Poe using in this poem?

         And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.     b

         Eagerly I wished the morrow; - vainly I had sought to borrow      

(Trochaic Octameter)

Find a link to a rap about Poe's biography and rhyme scheme here.