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Working with Meter
Key Take Aways
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Iambic: a specific sequence of unstressed and stressed syllables found in poetry.
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Foot: one pair of stressed and unstressed syllables.
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Focus on the connection between those stressed and unstressed syllables by reading your work aloud.
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Sonnet: a 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter with a specific rhyme scheme.
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