Poetry Key Terms 13 Quiz

Which of the following is an example of feminine rhyme?

• jump / stump

• care / afar

• bowing / stewing

• shocking / stocking

Which stress pattern describes iambic meter?

• Stressed - unstressed

• Stressed - unstressed - unstressed

• Unstressed - stressed

• Unstressed - unstressed - stressed

Which stress pattern is trochaic?

• stressed - unstressed

• stressed - unstressed - unstressed

• unstressed - stressed

• unstressed - stressed - stressed

Which stress pattern is anapestic?

• stressed - unstressed

• stressed - unstressed - unstressed

• unstressed - stressed

• unstressed - unstressed - stressed

Which is an example of eye rhyme?

• Switch / Stitch

• Love / Move

• Double / Trouble

• Care / Pear

Which best describes the meter of the line "double double toil and trouble"?

• Trochaic tetrameter

• Anapestic dimeter

• iambic pentameter

• dactylic trimeter

A line with three anapests is

• monometer

• dimeter

• trimeter

• hexameter

Which is an example of masculine rhyme?

• Hit / Mitt

• Single / Mingle

• Cough / Tough

• Worm / Swarm

What is a poetic foot?

• A unit of two syllables - one stressed and the other unstressed - in a line of poetry

• A unit of 2-3 syllables (with 1+ stressed) in a line of poetry

• A unit of 3 or more syllables (with 2+ stressed) in a line of poetry

• A foot so beautiful that it inspires poetry