Versification
PROGRAM: MARCH – AUGUST 2009
How rhythm works in English
· stress
· syllable
· rhythm, ,
· ‘cadence,
· intonation
April
What is a verse line?
· parallelism
· patterns of syllables and stresses
· rhyme
· half rhyme
May
Compositional units above the line
· Couplets
· Stanzas
· Sonnets
· Ballads and Ballades
· Villanelle
June
Verse and grammatical rhythms
§ end-stop and run-on
§ long and short sentences
§ ‘natural speech’ rhythm
July
Free verse
· variation on a metrical norm
· breath
· line-ends
· spatial
August
Why verse?