Meter - Poetry

  • Kristin
    19 years ago

    I need help.

    I need to find the meter in these four lines, can you help?

    "Did you want to see me broken?
    Bowed head and lowered eyes?
    Shoulders falling down like teardrops,
    Weakened by my souful cries."

    I broke it up into syllables but now I don't understand how to find out if it's stressed or unstressed (i can do words with many syllables but not just the words).

    ANY help would be much appreciated, thanks!

  • Kristin
    19 years ago

    thank you!

  • Void
    19 years ago

    Hey, umm, in your guys' opinion does all that stuff make a huge difference? Because in all honesty I haven't really learned anything about that or thrown caution to the wind about it, to try and learn it. I just kind of started writing... Does it really affect a poem - like does it determine whether it's really good or not?

  • Drew Gold
    19 years ago

    yet you can write amazing poetry and know nothing of metrical feet, iambic pentameter, etc... And also flow well.. Definitely could be a powerful asset, but I honestly have yet to put the effort to learn enough of all that..

  • ♥•oOo Nikki oOo•♥©
    18 years ago

    Wow...So Much Poetry I've Never Tried To Write Before...Time To Get On My New Years Poetry Resolution lol