Set -2
Scan the following verse and mention the prosodic name, if any.
Question
-1
Alone, alone,
all, all alone,
Alone on a
wide wide sea!
And never a
saint took pity on
My soul in
agony.
Question
-2
A Speck, a
mist, a shape, I wist !
And sti’ll it
near‘d and near’d :
As if it
dodged a water sprite,
It plunged and
tacked and veer'd.
Question
- 3
Day after day,
day after day,
We stuck nor breathe
nor motion;
As idle as a
painted Ship
Upon a painted
ocean.
Question
-4
Water water
every where
And all the
boards did shrink
Water water
everywhere
Nor any drop
to drink.
Verse
and Scansion
Only reapers
reaping early
In among the bearded barley,
Hear a song
that echoes cheerly,
From the river
winding clearly,
Down to towered Camelot.
The
answer is -
O’n-ly /
re'a-pers / re’ap-ing / ea’r-ly
In’ a / mo’ng the / be’ar-ded / ba’r-ley
He’ar a /
so’ng that / e’-choes / che’er-ly
Fr’ om the / r’iver / wi’nd-ing / cle'ar-ly
Do’wn / to
to’w / ered C’a /me-lo't.
The
main prosodic name is Trochaic tetrameter with variation. The first foot of the last line is Acephalous.
The 2nd, 3rd and 4th foot is Iambic.
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