Poetry Metre and Verse

What is the definition of poetic metre?

• The temperature at which a poem was written

• The number of words in a line of poetry

• The rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in a poem.

• The color of the ink used in a poem

Identify the type of metre used in the following line: 'To be or not to be, that is the question.'

• Dactylic hexameter

• Trochaic tetrameter

• Iambic pentameter

• Anapestic pentameter

What is the difference between iambic and trochaic metre?

• The difference is in the order of stressed and unstressed syllables.

• The difference is in the use of rhyme.

• The difference is in the use of punctuation.

• The difference is in the length of the lines.

Recognize the type of metre in the line: 'Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary.'

• Iambic pentameter

• Anapestic tetrameter

• Dactylic hexameter

• Trochaic octameter

Explain the concept of anapestic metre.

• Anapestic metre is a poetic meter that has alternating stressed and unstressed syllables in each foot.

• Anapestic metre is a poetic meter that has two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable in each foot.

• Anapestic metre is a poetic meter that has one unstressed syllable followed by two stressed syllables in each foot.

• Anapestic metre is a poetic meter that has three stressed syllables in each foot.

Identify the type of metre in the line of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18: 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?'

• Iambic pentameter

• Dactylic hexameter

• Anapestic pentameter

• Trochaic tetrameter

What is the definition of scansion in poetry?

• The study of the author's biography and historical context

• The examination of a poem's punctuation and capitalization

• The analysis of a poem's meter and rhythm

• The process of analyzing a poem's theme and symbolism

Explain the concept of dactylic metre.

• Dactylic metre is a poetic metre that consists of two stressed syllables followed by one unstressed syllable.

• Dactylic metre is a poetic metre that consists of three stressed syllables.

• Dactylic metre is a poetic metre that consists of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables.

• Dactylic metre is a poetic metre that consists of alternating stressed and unstressed syllables.

Identify the type of metre in the line: 'Tyger! Tyger! burning bright in the forests of the night.'

• Anapestic trimeter

• Dactylic hexameter

• Trochaic tetrameter

• Iambic pentameter

Explain the concept of trochaic metre.

• Trochaic metre is a poetic metre that consists of two stressed syllables followed by one unstressed syllable.

• Trochaic metre is a poetic metre that consists of three stressed syllables.

• Trochaic metre is a poetic metre that consists of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables.

• Trochaic metre is a poetic metre that consists of alternating stressed and unstressed syllables.