Here there are 5 stressed syllables in each line. Then we count the stressed syllables in a single line. ~ / ~ ~ / ~ / ~ / ~ / Aunt Jennifer’s tigers prance across the screen ~ / ~ / ~ ~ / ~ / ~ / Bright topaz denizens of a world of green. Here, we’ll use / for stressed and ~ for unstressed. The tigers in the panel that she made Will go on prancing, proud and unafraid.Ĥ A Scan of Lines 1 and 2 To “scan” a poem, we mark each stressed and each unstressed syllable with a mark. When Aunt is dead, her terrified hands will lie Still ringed with ordeals she was mastered by. The massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band Sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer’s hand. Aunt Jennifer’s fingers fluttering through her wool Find even the ivory needle hard to pull. They do not fear the men beneath the tree They pace in sleek chivalric certainty. When we scan a poem, we begin by saying the poetic lines aloud, paying careful attention to the syllables which seem to be stressed (pronounced with more emphasis).ģ Let’s Look at One Poem “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers”īy Adrienne Rich (1951) Aunt Jennifer’s tigers prance across a screen, Bright topaz denizens in a world of green.
Poetry has much in common with music, and both have mathematical foundations. This lesson will show you how!Ģ Scanning a Poem We “scan” a poem to determine its basic rhythm and to consider the relevance of that rhythm to the meaning of the poem.
There are specific ways to analyze meter so that we can say something clear about a poem’s rhythmic pattern.
1 Poetic Meter Meter is the rhythm of a poem.
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