Question

Can anyone enlighten me on the topic of writing poetry with sound techniques?
Stuff such as writing in Trochee or Dactyl.
I just don't understand the concept of it. Does it rely on consonance or vowels?

Answer 1

@ShadowLegendX

Answer 2

@TheSmartOne

Answer 3

I really never heard of Trochee or Dactyl :P

I only heard of their sister term, which is iamb :P

These links have some good info on them:
http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88v/meter.html
http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88v/foot.html
https://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/documents/Examples%20of%20Iambs.pdf

:P

Answer 4

But but but but
I found a good resource, I just don't get it though. :(

Answer 5

Like I know what they are but I don't understand it.

Answer 6

It seems to be based off of stressed and unstressed syllables. It doesn't say vowels or consonants anywhere in what I've read so far :P

Answer 7

Sooooo... how do I determine if a syllable is stressed or not?

Answer 8

That's what I also have no idea about xD

Answer 9

What I did before was talk with my hand under my chin and assume that when my chin touches my hand, it's a stressed syllable, but that doesn't seem to add up with the source I found. v.v

Answer 10

@jabez177, all I need help with is how to determine whether a syllable is stressed or not. Could you enlighten me?

Answer 11

@AloneS

Answer 12

Oh yea wait so what?? :3

I remeber my mom when she was making a poem up she would usually pick the right words that would rhyme and ummm, the stress would fall on the right place..i don't really iunderstand your question /;

Answer 13

@myininaya

Answer 14

@UsernameNotTaken
@pooja195

Answer 15

i've never heard of those ._. i've heard of ONOMATOPOEIA's and that. There's more here:
https://wikis.engrade.com/poeticsounddevices

Here's a reliable source, my teacher pointed this out to me when we were doing poetry
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/learning/glossary-term/trochee
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/learning/glossary-term/dactyl

I'm sorry if I didn't help and provided only links (i know how annoying it is when someone does that >.>) but I tried ;p what more can this cute baby do? :3

Answer 16

It helps a little, but what I need is to find out how to determine whether a syllable is stressed or unstressed.

Answer 17

Well
Dactyl
"A metrical foot consisting of an accented syllable followed by two unaccented syllables; the words “poetry” and “basketball” are both dactylic. Tennyson’s “The Charge of the Light Brigade” is written in dactylic meter. (See also double dactyl.)"

Answer 18

glad i could help in general chat with ur questions

Answer 19

Thank you! :)