I dont know how to figure out during my reading period, how should i know which words are stressed and not stressed in a poem.

Please help me

Read it aloud! thats the best way, look at the punctuation...remember you follow the punctuation rather then the lines. Hope this helps at least a little.^.^

Just scream the whole thing at the top of your lungs, like so:

 

THERE ONCE WAS A MAN FROM NANTUCKET...

I`m with Spooky on this one, also it`s a good idea to Understand what`s trying to be said or felt, when you do this you will put your Own stressing on certain words.

 

like playing a piece of Music, each player will play the same piece differently in the way They interpret it.

 

this is called "Style".

okay so heres what i meant with the lines *sorry forgot to include explanation for that part*

 

the little old man danced and danced,/;/: <--- take a break between lines

The little old man danced and danced <---- continue reading to next line without stopping..

Just scream the whole thing at the top of your lungs, like so:

 

THERE ONCE WAS A MAN FROM NANTUCKET...

 

I am the man from Nantucket

 

http://home.netcom.com/~swansont/nantucket.jpg

Just scream the whole thing at the top of your lungs

 

Scream EVERYTHING from the top of your lungs if you Mean It!

 

that`s called Rock

okay so heres what i meant with the lines *sorry forgot to include explanation for that part*

 

the little old man danced and danced,/;/: <--- take a break between lines

The little old man danced and danced <---- continue reading to next line without stopping..

 

It depends what the word is in the next line.

I don't think this type of thread should be in here. this is a science forum after all and its about poetry

I don't think this type of thread should be in here. this is a science forum after all and its about poetry

 

Linguistics is a type of science... I suppose you could interpret the OP that way.

Scream EVERYTHING from the top of your lungs if you Mean It!

 

that`s called Rock

 

So Lemmy really doesn't want to live for ever? Damn, I'm gonna miss him.