Two Dances – An Intro to Metre with Don Paterson

In this webinar, Don will provide an introduction to the only two kinds of metrical line available in English: the four-stress line and iambic pentameter. He'll back up this outrageous claim with examples drawn from everything from Anglo-Saxon poetry to hiphop, via Elizabethan, Romantic and 20th century poetry to show the almost infinite versatility of the two approaches – and demonstrate how we can use both kind of line to vastly increase the dramatic expressivity, memorability and rhythmic insistence of our poetry.

This webinar is open to everyone.

This workshop is for you if:

You are already writing and/or reading poetry and keen to learn more about metre

You'd like some practical guidance on writing rhythmic lines

You would like a deeper understanding of metrical theory