March 29, 2002

Web Site Helps Students Learn the Rhythm of Poetry

Prosody has to do with where stress falls in a poetic line. But teaching students how to unlock the rhythms of a poem had Hugh Roberts stressed out.

So last year, the assistant professor of English at the University of California at Irvine created an elaborate Web site for his course, "Poetic Rhythm," including audio clips of him reading poems, and interactive exercises that allow students to click on words to reveal which syllables should be emphasized. (It was no easy task: "The

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