Poetry Rhythm and Meter

A rhythmic pattern consisting of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable is called a(n):

• iamb

• trochee

• anapest

• spondee

In most poetry, line length is determined by the number of _____ in a line.

• feet

• measures

• hands

• words

When a poem does not have a definite meter, it is called:

• free verse

• blank verse

• closed form

• quatrain

The following is an example of ______ rhyme:

Around the park, the people go to feed

The ducks and geese who flock to get their food.

• slant

• perfect

• masculine

• feminine

The number of syllables in a line and how they are accented that creates the poem's beat or rhythm is called

• meter

• rhyme

• line

• repetition

The pattern of beats or stresses in a poem is...

• the beat

• rhythm

• rhyme

• ABAB

The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem.

• rhythm

• theme

• tone

• mood

pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• meter

• simile

The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

"TY-ger! TY-ger! BUR-ning BRIGHT"

• rhythm

• theme

• tone

• mood

a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse

• lyric

• meter

• line

• refrain