the Forms of Verse

Which form of verse is older?

• Isosyllabic

• Alliterative

Alliteration is a ______ of the initial ______ of ________ syllables across the verse line

(a)  

The basic unit of Middle English alliterative verse is ....

• syllable

• long line

• A-verse

• ictus

Which sound alliterates in the following line:

A fair field full of folk · found I in between

(a)  

Which verse is subordinate?

• A-verse

• B-verse

Strong position in alliterative verse is also known as?

(a)  

how many ictuses must the B-verse have?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

What was the dominant type of metrical foot in Middle English verse?

(a)  

What is it called when the medial vowel of an unstressed syllable is skipped?

e.g. pílgrim(e)s, mártir(e)s, pálmer(e)s

(a)  

the four-beat/octosyllabic line is ....

• tetrameter

• pentameter