Iambic Dimeter

When you combine two iambic feet, (ba-booms) you can create poetry in iambic dimeter.  These poems are relatively rare, but are extremely effective for a short observational poem.

NOTE: sometimes the rhythm is more ba-ba-boom [unstressed-unstressed stressed] This is called an anapaestic foot and can be used in place of a strict iambic beat. I have highlighted the anapaests in red.

For Example:

Dust of Snow

The way a crow (A)
Shook down on me (B)
The dust of snow (A)
From a hemlock tree (B)

Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.
~Robert Frost

Assignment:

Create your own two stanza iambic dimeter poem. Be sure to follow the abab rhyme scheme as in Frost’s poem

Title

ba-boom  ba-boom (a)
ba-boom  ba-boom (b)
ba-boom  ba-boom (a)
ba-boom  ba-boom (b)

ba-boom  ba-boom (c)
ba-boom  ba-boom (d)
ba-boom  ba-boom (c)
ba-boom  ba-boom (d)

Due Wednesday