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  2. Sonnet 3 - Wikipedia

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    Each line of the first quatrain of Sonnet 3 exhibits a final extrametrical syllable or feminine ending. The first line additionally exhibits an initial reversal: / × × / × / × / × / (×) Look in thy glass and tell the face thou viewest (3.1) / = ictus, a metrically strong syllabic position. × = nonictus. (×) = extrametrical syllable.

  3. Iambic pentameter - Wikipedia

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    The stress patterns are the same, and in particular, the normally weak third syllable is stressed in both lines; the difference is that in Shakespeare's line the stressed third syllable is a one-syllable word, "four", whereas in the un-Shakespearean line it is part of a two-syllable word, "gazelles".

  4. Metre (poetry) - Wikipedia

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    The metre of most poetry of the Western world and elsewhere is based on patterns of syllables of particular types. The familiar type of metre in English-language poetry is called qualitative metre, with stressed syllables coming at regular intervals (e.g. in iambic pentameters, usually every even-numbered syllable).

  5. Poetic devices - Wikipedia

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    Unstressed syllables are followed by stressed syllables, five of which are stressed but do not rhyme. Trochee–A trochee is a two-syllable metrical pattern in poetry in which a stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed syllable. Iamb–A two-syllable metrical pattern in poetry in which one unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed ...

  6. Scansion - Wikipedia

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    He begins his rhythmic scansion with a three-level label for all syllables, but goes much further by elaborating rules describing how contiguous syllables impinge upon each other. The result is a map of the lexical and syntactic character of a line's syllables, which results in stress; rather than a representation of stress levels themselves.

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    Mauricio Toro/Getty Images. 5. Eloise. Eloise has French and German roots and dual meanings of “brave warrior” and “healthy and wide.” It’s also the name of the mischievous and charming ...