Poetry Rhythm and Meter

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

• Beat

• Rhythm

• Meter

• Tempo

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

What is a meter?

• the pattern of accents and beats in a poem

• a row of words in a poem

• a measuring device

True or False: Shakespeare favored iambic pentameter.

• True

• False

True or False: Iambic Pentameter was Shakespeare's Favorite

• True

• False

A piece of writing that usually has figurative language and is written in separate lines which often have a repeated rhythm and sometimes rhyme.

• poem

• stanza

• line

• personification

Rhythm is created by the stressed and unstressed syllables in the poem.

• False

• True