The stresses are the same in both lines.I write poetry to a beat inside me. BUT I'm trying to figure out what I 'should' be doing, instead of what I am doing...just to see.
Here's my first 'idiot' question:
Stressed and Unstressed?
I have scoured notes, books, etc. I still don't get it. I don't know how this is determined.
From a book on my shelf, here is an example:
x / x / x / x /
I know | that I | shall meet | my fate
x/x/x/x/
Somewhere | among | the clouds | above...
The example is from Yeats, An Irish Airman Foresees His Death
I don't get it. How is it determined what is stressed and what isn't? Enlighten me...I've read notes on this ad nauseum and I am quite confident I will never understand the difference between stressed and nonstressed syllables????
ETA: The stress marks didn't go over the proper syllables, but if you count them you can see where they fall.
If you're stressing the opposite syllables, it sounds silly.Don't confuse the idiot! What does psa mean?
How are those syllables more stressed than the others?
I picked the wrong example. PHENTERMINE is one of the great mysteries of the universe.I am trying to. Really, I am. When I say it, I don't sense a stress on any of the word. phentermine. phentermine. If I were to say it in the stressed way you say is right, I sound foolish. PHENterMINE. I wouldn't rise and fall like that.
And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England's mountains green?
And was the holy Lamb of God
On England's pleasant pastures seen?
I always listen to my voice as I write...and I do readings quite frequently too. I think this is something that has to be taught by listening. I can't hear stresses in words? I can see theatrical stresses...but not your everyday stress. I wouldn't know what part of say 'journey' is stressed and what part unstressed. I will take a guess and say it's like this: JOURney. But, argh. I guess when people learn these basic things it is probably in a classroom setting where they are hearing the explanation???
I write poetry to a beat inside me. BUT I'm trying to figure out what I 'should' be doing, instead of what I am doing...just to see.
Here's my first 'idiot' question:
Stressed and Unstressed?
I have scoured notes, books, etc. I still don't get it. I don't know how this is determined.
From a book on my shelf, here is an example:
x / x / x / x /
I know | that I | shall meet | my fate
/ x x / x / x /
Somewhere | among | the clouds | above...
The example is from Yeats, An Irish Airman Foresees His Death
I don't get it. How is it determined what is stressed and what isn't? Enlighten me...I've read notes on this ad nauseum and I am quite confident I will never understand the difference between stressed and nonstressed syllables????
ETA: The stress marks didn't go over the proper syllables, but if you count them you can see where they fall.
Bronco did it like this...which is visually more understanding, at least:
i KNOW THAT i SHALL meet MY fate
someWHERE Among THE clouds Above...
(the stresses are as they appear in the book. The book is The Broadview Anthology of Poetry