How do I improve my scansion?

>>9476730
do you read out loud?
do you force yourself to write in meter?

>>9476734
I've considered it, but never followed through. I will try reading out loud from now on

>>9476794
both of those and you'll be done

reading aloud makes poetry good anyway

Not OP, but I'm really bad at hearing the subtlety between stressed and unstressed syllables. What do I do?

>>9476798
I tried it with a Wordsworth poem, and it was surprisingly auspicious to getting the meter. I appreciate the advice. Really.

>>9476874
no problem, getting the hang of caesura (a pause that disrupts rhythm by being placed in the middle of a metrical foot) and recognizing that metrical substitutions are common and can be used methodically to create more interesting rhythms and you're there!

>>9476824
read aloud all the time. spend an agonizing amount of time writing a couple of lines (doesn't matter if their shit) in iambic pentameter. use dictionary.com or something similar to find stresses. Avoid words with more than two syllables until your comfortable.

>>9476921
this seems difficult

>>9476730
Scan all of Shakespeare's sonnets. It sounds tough but the metre is regular enough that you'll know what it should be. But you'll get very good at scanning spondees and phyrric feet very quickly. Once you've done this try some Sydney or Wordsworth (even Shelley is good). And as always read aloud when doing it. If you tap along to your accented syllables while you speak and the pulse doesn't match your speach you have to change it.

>>9476978
yeah (although not too bad), but I accidentally scan the dialogue of sitcom captions on netflix now. Reading outloud and being mindful of rhythm is all that matters

Listen to lots of rap, not dance/party rap though.

Any books about poetry techniques?