I find scanning poems very difficult.

I think it’s because I speak very monotone when I read aloud. Measuring out feet and marking out breves and macrons, is really hard. I have a quiz tomorrow and I’m a little nervous. 

[ ˘ ˘ ] pyrrhus,

[ ˘ ¯ ] iamb

[ ¯ ˘ ] trochee

[ ¯ ¯ ] spondee

[ ˘ ˘ ˘ ] tribrach

[ ¯ ˘ ˘ ] dactyl

[ ˘ ¯ ˘ ] amphibrach

[ ˘ ˘ ¯ ] anapaest

[ ˘ ¯ ¯ ] bacchius

[ ¯ ¯ ˘ ] antibacchius

[ ¯ ˘ ¯ ] cretic

[ ¯ ¯ ¯ ] molossus

@3 months ago with 4 notes
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