Understanding Poetry: Rhythm and Meter

____________is the various patterns of sound that are connected to the beat.

• Beat
• Rhythm
• Meter
• Tempo

What is the term that refers to any wavelike recurrence of motion or sound in a poem?

• rhythm

• meter

• rhyme

• accented syllable

The identifying characteristic of rhythmic language that we can tap our foot to

• meter

• rhythm

• foot

• stress

A foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable is called a _____ foot

• iambic

• trochaic

• anapestic

• dactylic

A line of poetry containing a five feet of meter, the meter most of Shakespeare's sonnet are written in, is labeled as

• monometer

• dimeter

• trimeter

• pentameter

what is the meaning of rhythm?

• patterns or beats that give a musical appeal

• rap songs that have the word rhythm in it

• a pattern of specific syllables measured by "foot"

• the using of stressed and unstressed syllables

what is the meaning of meter?

• overall tempo, or pace, at which the poem unfolds.

• beats and pattern.

• premeasured patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables.

• measuring unit in math .

type of meter that has 2 syllables, (unstressed->stressed)

• dactyl

• iamb

• anapest

• trochee

type of meter that has 2 syllables, ( stressed-> unstressed)

• Iamb

• trochee

• dactyl

• spondee

__________ is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

• Rhythm
• Pattern
• Meter
• Beat