how do you mark the syllables, separate the feet with vertical lines, and indicate the rhyme scheme of the following passages
That time of year thou mayst in me behold______
When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang_____
Upon those boughs which shake against the cold,________
Bare ruined choirs where late the sweet birds sang._______
http://www.uncg.edu/~htkirbys/meters.htm
This webpage shows how I've seen it done most of the time. For the lines you've given, you'll be using iambic pentameter.
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That time | of year | thou mayst | in me | behold
I used bold to indicate the stressed syllables (/) and left the unstressed syllables (*) unbolded.
Rhyme scheme is indicated by letters. The rhyme scheme for these four lines is indicated like this:
ABAB
or
A
B
A
B
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyme_scheme
thank you this helped me a lot=D
To mark the syllables, separate the feet with vertical lines, and indicate the rhyme scheme of the given passages, you should follow the guidelines of scanning a poem in English using traditional poetic meters.
1. Marking the Syllables: Start by identifying the number of syllables in each line. In this case, you'll need to count the syllables in each line of the passages. Here's an example of how to mark syllables for the first two lines:
That time of year thou mays[t] in me be [hold] (10 syllables)
When ye[llow] leaves, or [none], or [few], do [hang] (10 syllables)
2. Separating the Feet with Vertical Lines: After marking the syllables, you can separate the feet using vertical lines to indicate the metrical pattern. A foot is a combination of stressed and unstressed syllables, and typically, there are five main types of feet used in English poetry. For example, let's use the notation where '˘' represents an unstressed syllable and '‾' represents a stressed syllable:
That time | of year | thou mayst | in me | behold
When ye | llow leaves | or none | or few | do hang
3. Indicating the Rhyme Scheme: To determine the rhyme scheme, assign a letter to each line based on its end rhyme sound. Use a different letter for each unique sound. In this case, we'll use letters (A, B, C, D) to indicate the rhyme scheme:
That time of year thou mayst in me behold (A)
When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang (B)
Upon those boughs which shake against the cold (C)
Bare ruined choirs where late the sweet birds sang (D)
Therefore, the rhyme scheme for these passages is ABABCDCD.
By following these steps, you can mark the syllables, separate the feet with vertical lines, and indicate the rhyme scheme of any given poem or passage.