ENG 2105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Iambic Pentameter, Germanic Languages, Assonance

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: English
• Course: ENG 2105
• Professor: David Carlson

Document Summary

Part of the problem with radical changes is that poetry becomes what you expect it to be: 653. 14 lines (fixed form) of iambic pentameter. Repetition of the same sound at the end of the line. Repetition of the same sound at the beginning of the line. Assonance: repetition of a vowel sound in the middle of the word. Repetition, some kind of regularity of rhythm. This is what makes poetry important historically and otherwise. Historically, poetry is always older than pros literature. It"s easier to remember things when you have rhythmic regularity. This may have to do with poetry being earlier than pros. There"s a kind of magic to it. Make yourself aware of its property and effect. You have to think about what"s going on, your body likes rhythmic regularity, it"s the way things work. Your body likes the same thing over and over and over again.