Saturday, April 2, 2016

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vagaries - an unexpected and inexplicable change in a situation or in someone's behavior: whimsical ideas

vicissitudes - a change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant

Meter Definition

Meter is a stressed and unstressed syllabic pattern in a verse or within the lines of a poem. Stressed syllables tend to be longer and unstressed shorter. In simple language, meter is a poetic device that serves as a linguistic sound pattern for the verses, as it gives poetry a rhythmical and melodious sound. For instance, if you read a poem loudly, and it produces regular sound patterns, then this poem would be a metered or measured poem. The study of different types of versification and meters is known as prosody.

Meter and Foot

A meter contains a sequence of several feet, where each foot has a number of syllables such as stressed/unstressed. Hence, a meter has an overall rhythmic pattern in a line of verse, which a foot cannot describe.

Info from: http://literarydevices.net/meter/ 
 

27 comments:

  1. The vagaries of my mother's mood causes me to have to be cautious about what I say.

    The vicissitude of Jane's day took a turn for the worst.

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  2. Vagaries - Hopefully there will be some vagaries in the weather today.

    Vicissitudes - The thief experienced some unpleasant vicissitudes during his flight from the castle.

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  3. The students were up to such vagaries; they were finally behaving for the first time.

    My parent's divorce was one of the most difficult vicissitudes of my life.

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  4. Vagaries - Trapped within an abusive relationship, the exploitative husband often brought out the VAGARIES in his wife's behavior, leading to vicious, repetitive cycles of pain and anger.

    Vicissitudes - Facing the VICISSITUDES of suddenly going both blind and death, the young boy was forced to adapt to circumstances both dark and silent and experience sensory connections to the world through his parents and peers.

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  5. The girl was diagnosed as bipolar because her moods changed vagaries.
    After the man won the lottery his life became vissitude, he was filled with joy about being rich but the people in his small town resented him.

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  6. The vagaries within the young author's stories made them fascinating to read.

    The vicissitude of the seasons made for an unpleasant beach trip because it rained the entire week.

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  7. The class did not know what vagaries overtook Ian when he did not talk for an entire day.

    Jim had a vicissitude experience when his baseball game was unexpectedly canceled do to rain.

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  8. The thriller movie was full of vagaries leading up to the intense twist ending.

    The changing of warm summer to bitter cold fall was an unfortunate vicissitude for Emma.

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  9. The negative vagaries of the students caused a vicissitude in their grades.

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  10. It was extremely difficult for the family to cope with John's vagaries after his car accident.
    The vicissitudes of the boy's life were what galvanized him into his addiction.

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  11. The bipolar diva was known to have many vagaries throughout the day.

    After a morning of great luck, the man encountered a vicissitude, from then on the rest of the day was terrible.

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  12. The vagaries of the weather in PA is crazy.

    The Republican Party is experiencing vicissitude with the front runner being an outsider.

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  13. Donald Trump brought vicissitude to the Republican Party, many people do not support the candidate.
    Gill has vagaries when she feels stress from other class.

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  14. The stock market crash of 1929 was a vagary that no one saw coming, which led to which led to the vicissitude of several millions of Americans.

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  15. Tiffany's outbursts of strange vagaries keep the class on their toes and always wondering whats coming next.

    After Joe broke his leg he experienced vicissitudes and had to cope with these feelings of depression and anger till he was healed.

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  16. The constant vagaries of his position on the team soon led to major vicissitudes in his personal existence, most would say for the worse/

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  17. The pregnant woman experienced many vagaries through the day with the influx of hormones.

    The student's day was going swimmingly until she encountered a vicissitude when she arrived at her last class.

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  18. The vagaries acts of the circus clown caused for an enticing show.

    The older brother saw his new baby sibling to be vicissitude.

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  19. Weather in spring is characterized by its many vagaries, as one week can be very warm and the next it can snow.

    They tried their best to enjoy the holiday, despite the vicissitudes that had plagued the family all day.

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  20. The doctor suspected his patient suffered from Bipolar disease due to the fact that her mood vagaries often.
    Despite his winning luck at the slot machines in Vegas, he experienced a sudden onset of vicissitude.

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  21. Emily's mom noticed vagaries when Emily had come home from college.

    The boss said he had vicissitudes to go over with Micheal about his work.

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  22. When Paul was converted to Christianity, he was said to have an influential vagary.

    I experienced a vicissitude when my grades began to turn around in my hardest class.

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  23. The vagaries in his tone made the argument extremely frustrating.

    I had dressed for warm weather but of course mother nature's vicissitudes brought rain, and I was miserable.

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  24. Jesus Christ spread vagaries throughout the world as he claimed to be the son of God.

    Midas underwent a vicissitude as he gained wealth but was unable to touch a thing without killing it.

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  25. The vicissitudes of the seasons causes the vagaries of the weather to toy with my emotions.

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  26. To be an artist, one must be able to contemplate vagaries creatively.
    Eventually, vicissitudes can be the path to a positive change.

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  27. Vagaries- Tom grew accustomed to his friends vagaries.

    Vicissitudes- Lauren's vicissitudes became immensely hapless.

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