In Sir Walter Raleigh's poem, "The Nymph's Reply to the
Shepherd," is a response to Christopher Marlowe's poem, "The Passionate Shepherd to His
Love." This answering of one poem with another was not uncommon in the day, where poets
would write and share their work with other poets, for much of the poet's work would not
be published in his/her lifetime. This was a game for the
poets.
Scanning by hand looks different than on the
computer. By hand it seems people place a "u" above "unstressed" and a slash "/" over
the stressed. However, see the example below:
^ / ^ / ^ / ^
/ ^ /
That time | of year | thou mayst | in me | be hold
|
You'll note that the unstressed has a inverted
"v" (^) corresponding to the unstressed syllable/word, and the slash (/) over the
stressed syllable. I have also seen people use "~" as well. To keep it easy, I'll
capitalize for the stressed syllables, but won't use the referenced system above because
spaces and tabs don't work so well in this system, and they may end up in the wrong
place, and I'm not sure what system your teacher has asked you to
use...
Sir Walter Raleigh uses iambic tetrameter in his
writing of this poem, meaning there are four "feet" per line (or four pairs of
unstressed-stressed syllables). What you have provided is a four-line stanza, also known
as a "quatrain."
readability="9">
But could youth last, and love
still breed,
but-COULD / youth-LAST /
and-LOVE / still-BREED
This
shows that the first syllable is unstressed (lower case) and the second syllable is
stressed (IN CAPITAL LETTERS).
readability="9">
Had joys no date, nor age no
need,
had-JOYS / no-DATE / nor-AGE /
no-NEED
readability="14">
Then these delights my mind might
move,
then-THESE / de-LIGHTS / my-MIND /
might-MOVE
To live with thee, and
be thy love
To-LIVE / with-THEE, / and-BE /
thy-LOVE
I hope
this is what you were looking for. Remember, the first single syllable word or first
syllable of a multi-syllabic word (like "de-light) is
unstressed, but the second word or
syllable (like de-LIGHT), in caps, is stressed. And there are four pairs of unstressed
and stressed syllables per line—in that order—(or four
"feet").
Additional
Source:
http://www2.latech.edu/~bmagee/201/marlowe/
shepherd_&_notes.htm
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