We can express the metrical or rhythmic form of Homer's epic (or short six-step narrative poem and heroic epic) with the following symbols or symbol combinations:-UUI-UUI-UUI-U.
First, the meter of poetry.
"Beat refers to the rhythm that you can beat with your feet", which is the format of light and heavy syllables in each step and the basis of light and heavy sounds when reading aloud. The foot is the analytical unit of a poem, which consists of stressed syllables and unstressed syllables. The stressed syllable is masculine (heavy), marked with "-"or "ˇ", the unstressed syllable is iambic (light), marked with "), and the tones can be separated by"/". Here are five common formats:
1.Iambus: It is the most common format, and each step consists of an unstressed syllable and a stressed syllable.
2. Each step consists of a stressed syllable and an unstressed syllable.
In the following example, it is a four-tone cadence (a light syllable is missing), which can be marked as:-)/-)/-
Tiger! /Tiger! /burning/bright
In the forest at night
William blake: Tiger.
3. iambic foot: each step includes two unstressed syllables and one stressed syllable.
4. Raise and suppress the case (heavy case and light case) finger feet:? Each step consists of one stressed syllable and two unstressed syllables.
5.Amphibrach: Each step consists of an unstressed syllable, a stressed syllable and an unstressed syllable.