Here are the main rhythmic patterns Iambic= Iambics march from short to long Trochaic= Trochee trips from long to short; Dactylic= Ever to come up with Dactyl trisyllable. Anapests= With a leap and a bound the swift Anapests throng Spondee= Slow Spondee stalks; strong foot!

Practice #2. Identify the following rhythms and perform scansion.

EXAMPLE: And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper

Answer: and the WOLF / that shall KEEP / it may PROSP / er. Anapestic

1. Away lovely desperate dead set 2. Because I could not stop for death 3. Black cat, black cat/Where are you at? 4. But soft, what light through yonder window breaks 5. By the dawn's early light 6. Constantly risking absurdity 7. Dead set against the plan he went away 8. Double, double, toil and trouble/ Fire burn and cauldron bubble. 9. Dumdiddy, dumdiddy, dumdiddy, dum / This is the tune that the drummer boy drummed. 10. What kept his eyes from giving back the gaze 11. He was louder than the preacher 12. Sing it all merrily 13. I am called to the front of the room 14. Breezes sent a wrinkling darkness 15. She lived in storm and strife

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