Question

Glory be to God for the dappled things
For skies of couple-color as a brinded cow;
For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim. Is this sprung rhythm?

Answer 1

@studyowl

Answer 2

Hi,
First lets look at the definition for sprung rhythm:
"A poetic meter approximating speech, each foot having one stressed syllable followed by a varying number of unstressed ones."
Lets break it down a little more.
Here are the definitions for stressed and unstressed syllables:
"Stress is the relative emphasis that may be given to certain syllables in a word, or to certain words in a phrase"
"Having no stress or accent."
So with those in mind what do you think?

Answer 3

@MimiLHU

Answer 4

would having stress mean many syllables ?

Answer 5

Well, it's emphasis on certain syllables in a word or phrase.

Answer 6

I think this page will help you a lot in understanding sprung rhythms:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprung_rhythm
Hope I helped(:

Answer 7

Sorry, got disconnected...Do you understand sprung rhythms a little better?(:

Answer 8

yes, thank you @tTheStudyOwl.

Answer 9

No problem(: let me know if you need help with anything else(:
Just tag me @TheStudyOwl :)