Christopher Hanlon continues the discussion about scansion, iambs, and trochees for the Close Reading Cooperative, the podcast in literary analysis for English majors. To subscribe to the podcast and receive weekly installments, visit our instruction page at http://www.eiu.edu/~english/podcast.php
It was a great idea for you guys to post these up.
crazyaboutbuffy 1 year ago 3
You have done a fine job at introducing scansion here. But you should probably call the four-foot line by its more common name, tetrameter. I do like that you use quadrameter, but your students should be aware that it is rarely used by metrists. Quite a good tutorial.
MrProsody 7 months ago