Scansion 101 by Shmoop

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  • @pawer1018
    @pawer1018 6 років тому +437

    And I thought algebra was hard

    • @GetBackTrolling
      @GetBackTrolling 5 років тому +14

      i am gonna killmyself because of this retarded fucking shit which i wouldntever need in my life

    • @htalan5975
      @htalan5975 5 років тому +2

      Gaming Everywhere literally bro

    • @debra13
      @debra13 4 роки тому +3

      @@GetBackTrolling You will. Or you could- it could bring extra richness to lyrics and verse from plays. If you never plan to read or watch theatre or listen to music, yes, you won't need this "fucking shit"

    • @GetBackTrolling
      @GetBackTrolling 4 роки тому +1

      ​@@debra13 i got aa and my profesor didnt ask us this scansion shit. As for your questions , i read, watch and listen a lot but i dont need to waste my time in this meaningless shit.

    • @callixvision6481
      @callixvision6481 4 роки тому +1

      @@GetBackTrolling Just get on with it mate!

  • @hanjnk
    @hanjnk 4 роки тому +93

    I've never known something so hard to learn in all my life

    • @daisya728
      @daisya728 11 місяців тому +1

      LITERALLY BRO

  • @kingshukmondal3892
    @kingshukmondal3892 8 років тому +176

    I would like to know how to differentiate between a stressed syllable and an unstressed syllable in a line.

    • @lex8632
      @lex8632 6 років тому +5

      Kingshuk Mondal nerd

    • @subbtm7146
      @subbtm7146 6 років тому +55

      stressed syllable are parts of the word that you give emphasis too.. for example Avocado. your stressed syllables are “ah” and “cah” and the unstressed ones are “vo” and “do”

    • @subbtm7146
      @subbtm7146 6 років тому +37

      2 years late. hope you read this

    • @lex8632
      @lex8632 6 років тому +1

      @Tabitha fox r/woooosh

    • @EllyPaulTomas
      @EllyPaulTomas 5 років тому +1

      Kingshuk Mondal use a dictionary

  • @conan7089
    @conan7089 5 років тому +49

    What did the buffalo say to his son as he left for school?
    BYE SON

  • @YesMissTy
    @YesMissTy 5 років тому +30

    The first line goes like this:
    / - - / - / - / - /
    Now is the winter of our discontent.
    As always this Shmoop episode is great and useful. However, I've noticed some inaccuracies which I fear might dishearten students (as they are counterintuitive and would make us feel we dont understand or we are unable to read the rhythm properly).
    About the first line: As Shakespeare often does, he uses a trochaic inversion to begin the speech; otherwise, the line scans normally. Note how Shakespeare uses metaphor in this line and the one that follows, comparing the Yorkist ascension to the throne to a change in seasons. Discontent in this context can either denote "dissatisfaction" or "sorrow"; given Richard's character, it is more likely the former.
    And the fourth
    - - / / - - - / - / -
    In the deep bosom of the ocean buried.
    This line demonstrates another common occurrence in Shakespeare's blank verse, in which he begins an iambic line with a pyrrhic followed by a spondee. Sometimes it's used to reinforce meaning; other times, as it seems here, it merely adds a rhythmic changeup to the speech. The line also breaks up the iambic regularity by employing a feminine ending (an extra unstressed syllable). Notice also how Shakespeare uses ellipsis to omit the implied "are" in the line, helping to maintain the meter.
    Check this webpage www.bardweb.net/content/readings/richard3/lines.html
    Good luck everybody and enjoy the music of poetry!

    • @jamessorenson953
      @jamessorenson953 3 роки тому +2

      I dunno, I kinda read it like NOW is the WINter of OUR disconTENT. So three dactyls and a throwaway syllable? I can't see "of" being an accented syllable. I enjoyed reading your comment.

    • @Author_SoftwareDesigner
      @Author_SoftwareDesigner 2 роки тому

      Superb Analysis!

    • @richarddury1
      @richarddury1 2 роки тому

      @@jamessorenson953 There's always going to be a space for interpretation, as in playing a musical score. Also: an accented syllable doesn't have to be _very_ prominent, just _more prominent_ than the syllable before and after. So I personally would say the line as : NOW is the WINter OF our DISconTENT. The slightly longer pause after 'winter' also serves to give a prominence to 'of'. Of course, if you read it like ordinary language you'd put no stress on '-er of our', but in poetry you can bend things a little - just like in a song you often find a syllable getting a prominence it wouldn't get in normal speech (like 'in' here: the ANswer my FRIEND is BLOWin IN the WIND). However, an actor will often say: NOW is the WINter of our DISconTENT, making either a 4-beat line (if you're just measuring things acoustically) or a line with a fifth beat that you kind of hear because your ear has been accustomed to that pattern (if you're peceiving things subjectively).

  • @jjcika7504
    @jjcika7504 4 роки тому +20

    my english teacher sent us this video instead of doing any teaching himself

    • @samteller5370
      @samteller5370 4 роки тому

      HAHAHAHAH

    • @robertfuhrman6930
      @robertfuhrman6930 4 роки тому

      JJ cika AYE SAME

    • @verandi3882
      @verandi3882 Місяць тому

      teaching is a fake bullshitjob and teachers are parasites of the system who never do any real work, the internet and ai make them obsolete and they know that well, the only reason they are still employable is because of rigid redundant formalities of the outdated education system based on bureaucracy over actual comprehension or merit.

  • @CaitKat
    @CaitKat 4 роки тому +21

    The constant feet jokes are weirding me out lmao

  • @رنارنا-م9ص
    @رنارنا-م9ص Рік тому +2

    it was very hard to me to anderstend how to get out the rhythm and meter and scan a poem but happily it's not anymore .i want thank you for the great explanation. it was worthing my time❤❤

  • @kapilbari2951
    @kapilbari2951 6 років тому +5

    it's funny and very impressive way to guide step by step as the easiest style.....fantastic powerful concept for everyone..I can't thank you enough ! no words for express....

  • @Xaviex
    @Xaviex Рік тому

    The only fking video you'll ever need before the day of your exam.

  • @randoms9786
    @randoms9786 Рік тому +1

    How can we check if we have done the right scansion or wrong?

  • @guardiaomer
    @guardiaomer 2 роки тому +4

    In Latin countries, poetry is all about the number of syllables and only some very simple things about stress. We don't even hear about feet. Instead of iambic pentameter, we hear of decasyllable (10 syllables). Simple!

  • @charapitsillou9239
    @charapitsillou9239 7 років тому +6

    I LOVE YOU!
    I can't explain to you how much you helped me!
    Thank you :D

  • @_rosexalhabsi3655
    @_rosexalhabsi3655 4 роки тому +3

    How can we find the foot ? is it necessary to put 2 words together?

  • @Jay0to100
    @Jay0to100 2 роки тому +1

    My first time seeing this got my attention I replay this video over and over 😂😂

  • @prodigalretrod
    @prodigalretrod 5 років тому +9

    2:55 Those stresses on the last line don't look right at all: "boSOM of THE oCEAN buRIED"?? Surely not.

  • @Truelovedontcomeeasy
    @Truelovedontcomeeasy 4 роки тому +2

    Great video! Helpful and easy to understand explanations

  • @sj_uzerr473
    @sj_uzerr473 6 років тому +3

    How is the SHOULD stressed at 3:26 ???????

    • @Whimsicalwoods9
      @Whimsicalwoods9 6 років тому

      Sidney Andrin I think it’s because it’s a key part of the question, and therefore it needs that form of emphasis...maybe.

    • @sj_uzerr473
      @sj_uzerr473 6 років тому +1

      @@Whimsicalwoods9 ummmmm OK OK

  • @Perfect10wChocolateskin
    @Perfect10wChocolateskin 5 років тому +2

    what happens if a few of the lines are shorter or longer than the one before ?

  • @shrichetamukherjee
    @shrichetamukherjee 8 років тому +9

    helped a lot....thank u so much..fun and learning mixed..

  • @debra13
    @debra13 4 роки тому +6

    This was supposed to be 101 and I didn't understand a word of it- I love lyrics, poetry, etc, but I do not understand the technical aspects, which can make it difficult. But why did this video have to be so hard when it was supposed to an introduction to something you knew nothing of? It makes me angry when people don't teach well, especially to those who want to learn but find the subject very hard.

  • @user-tf1wm4tx9g
    @user-tf1wm4tx9g 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you so much! This was really helpful!

  • @maicamii3702
    @maicamii3702 4 роки тому +5

    I don't really understand
    I only understand that I'm dumb

  • @valleyyoutube
    @valleyyoutube 4 роки тому +4

    Siapa yang kesini karena pak miko?

  • @willski_
    @willski_ 4 роки тому +1

    yang masih nonton video ini di tahun 2020 mana suaranya?

  • @urmilamahali1455
    @urmilamahali1455 2 роки тому

    U r Great aljebra teacher 😌

  • @deuce111
    @deuce111 Рік тому +1

    i am FAILING this class 😭😭🙏

  • @AcesH1gh
    @AcesH1gh 5 років тому +1

    I have my own fucking style and meter.
    I flow like the snow
    down a river
    to the ocean

  • @kaylee9291
    @kaylee9291 6 років тому +3

    I’m doing this for school

  • @gpg9891
    @gpg9891 7 днів тому

    My boyfriend is taking university calculus right now and this confuses him more

  • @peterjonas4971
    @peterjonas4971 2 роки тому

    NOW is the WINter of our DISconTENT
    MADE GLORius SUMMer by this SUN of YORK//
    in the DEEP BOSom of the Ocean BURIED.
    Single syllable particles, to-be verbs, and prepositions are rarely stressed.

  • @Nepeta-Leijon
    @Nepeta-Leijon 5 років тому +3

    2:53 i guessed the scansion beforehand and got this:
    /^^/^^^/^/
    ^/^^/^^^/^/
    ^/^/^/^/^/
    ^^//^^^/^/^
    like, sorry shakespeare but im not gonna stress "of"!

  • @helex1v13
    @helex1v13 Рік тому

    Broo then what's a tetrameter

  • @danielamercado1359
    @danielamercado1359 Рік тому

    Thank you!!😚

  • @PriyaSharma-jq5zn
    @PriyaSharma-jq5zn 5 років тому

    Nice
    Thank you
    It helped me alott🙏🏼🙏🏼😊

  • @nishaansari260
    @nishaansari260 2 роки тому

    Thank you very much..

  • @zaraperla3228
    @zaraperla3228 7 років тому +1

    very very helpful, thank you

  • @frostbyte7451
    @frostbyte7451 4 роки тому

    Morgan really violated with this

  • @XprPrentice
    @XprPrentice 5 років тому

    I wouldn't suggest using the scan of the R3 here - doesn't make any sense.

  • @DPLDN99
    @DPLDN99 4 роки тому

    thank you thank you!

  • @MA-rc2eo
    @MA-rc2eo 5 років тому

    Thanks.

  • @My_English_Book
    @My_English_Book 4 роки тому

    very nice i also have uploaded the video on this topic

  • @bhajan4347
    @bhajan4347 2 роки тому

    Thank u sir

  • @Guru-om6lv
    @Guru-om6lv 5 років тому

    Superb

  • @Gab_whoooooo
    @Gab_whoooooo 11 місяців тому +1

    ari mi mag tuon sa akong baby Candice 😭😭😭😭

    • @candicebontuyan7021
      @candicebontuyan7021 11 місяців тому +1

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    • @Gab_whoooooo
      @Gab_whoooooo 11 місяців тому

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    • @candicebontuyan7021
      @candicebontuyan7021 11 місяців тому

      @@Gab_whoooooo OHHH

    • @candicebontuyan7021
      @candicebontuyan7021 11 місяців тому

      @@Gab_whoooooo mga ana ay 🤏🏻

    • @Gab_whoooooo
      @Gab_whoooooo 11 місяців тому +1

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  • @martinhasson4942
    @martinhasson4942 4 роки тому

    These terms and patterns are important
    to pass.
    Like driving test terminology. 🚧🚨🏍️🔏📢📣
    🆓🆙🆒🔞🚱🚭🚳🚫❌🔕🏍️🚙🚗🚛🚜🚕🏍️
    But then you get out the door?
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  • @terrellimanol5937
    @terrellimanol5937 4 роки тому

    Useful

  • @chibimentor
    @chibimentor 5 років тому

    Too much jargon used for Richard 3rd

  • @artlovers3403
    @artlovers3403 Рік тому

    And I thought only chemistry rules had exceptions 😂

  • @Jdogrey1
    @Jdogrey1 3 роки тому

    "We speak student..."
    Hm...
    That does not seem like a very student thing to say...

  • @martinhasson4942
    @martinhasson4942 4 роки тому

    I've watched teachers of guitar push
    one another aside on UA-cam to claim
    the high Music Ground.
    SCALE BY SCALE 🎶🎵🎼🎹
    ( As it is in Poetry)
    PROBLEM? 🤔
    As in POETRY
    THEY CANT CREATE 👈

  • @LynnHermione
    @LynnHermione 4 місяці тому

    ... who says o-ceán. the stress is clearly on the o.

  • @georgekutty973
    @georgekutty973 4 роки тому

    Pls indian engish way of teaching pls uploading

  • @marycynthiaanyadike9149
    @marycynthiaanyadike9149 4 роки тому

    😔😔😔😔 not as easy as i thought it is

  • @darrelloliver5919
    @darrelloliver5919 3 роки тому

    Poetry I promote in news,real

  • @ali-wk3hy
    @ali-wk3hy Рік тому

    really helpful and funny

  • @jayvlugt3309
    @jayvlugt3309 2 роки тому +1

    ...and what do you gain from this nonsense?

  • @lilisala378
    @lilisala378 6 років тому +1

    eeyeah nope. no mother i got nothing

  • @Orjdij
    @Orjdij 7 місяців тому

    😋🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

  • @SHAMS-G2
    @SHAMS-G2 3 роки тому

    ok Bison.

  • @daphnead1943
    @daphnead1943 4 роки тому

    taenang yan sumakit ulo ko dito

  • @devi3365
    @devi3365 6 років тому

    😷🤒🤢☠️☠️🌋