【Poem Reading Tuesday】We wear the mask 英文詩有“平仄”嗎？（重讀音節已經標出）

Does English poetry have “平仄”？What is your answer?

To my surprise， the answer might be “Yes”.

Have you ever heard about stressed syllables or unstressed syllables？I think they might be equivalent to “平仄” of Chinese. 

Here is the concept for today: Meter.

Meter is a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that defines the rhythm of some poetry. These stress patterns are defined in groupings, called feet, of two or three syllables.

 

Question：

Can you highlight the stressed syllables in the poem？

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We Wear the Mask （感謝 最西邊的島上 推薦）

BY PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR     

We wear the mask that grins and lies,

It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,—

This debt we pay to human guile;

With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,

And mouth with myriad subtleties.

 

Homework：

Write a poem using the following words:   grass, stars, daisy, dance 

You may post your homework as a main post.

The above pictures of daisy 攝影：暖冬cool夏

 

Eg. Meter and foot: