3 of 4 Rhythm and Meter in Poetry

What is the primary characteristic that defines poetry, as mentioned in the video?

• Metaphor

• Rhyme

• Rhythm

• Imagery

Which type of poetic foot consists of one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable?

• Anapest

• Iamb

• Dactyl

• Trochee

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What meter is used in the line 'But soft, what light through yonder window breaks' from Romeo and Juliet?

• Anapestic tetrameter

• Trochaic tetrameter

• Dactylic hexameter

• Iambic pentameter

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Which type of meter consists of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable?

• Anapestic

• Trochaic

• Iambic

• Dactylic

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Which poetic foot is characterized by a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables?

• Iamb

• Spondee

• Anapest

• Dactyl

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Which famous poem by William Blake uses trochaic meter?

• The Tyger

• The Lamb

• London

• A Poison Tree

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Which meter is demonstrated in the line 'Half a league, half a league, half a league onward'?

• Iambic

• Anapestic

• Dactylic

• Spondaic

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What is the term for a poetic foot consisting of two stressed syllables?

• Spondee

• Trochee

• Iamb

• Pyrrhic

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What is the poetic term for a line with five feet?

• Pentameter

• Trimeter

• Hexameter

• Tetrameter

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What does the term 'Pyrrhic' signify in the context of poetry?

• A foot with two stressed syllables

• A foot with two unstressed syllables

• A line with no regular meter

• A line with five feet

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