Scansion

Determine the predominant meter in the line(s):

From the centre all round to the sea,

I am lord of the fowl and the brute.

• anapestic trimeter

• dactylic trimeter

• iambic tetrameter

• trochaic tetrameter

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Determine the predominant meter in the line(s):

To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells

• anapestic trimeter

• dactylic trimeter

• iambic pentameter

• trochaic pentameter

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Determine predominant meter in the line(s):

Come live with me and be my love

• anapestic dimeter

• dactylic dimeter

• iambic tetrameter

• trochaic tetrameter

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

a metrical foot consisting of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed one

• anapest

• dactyl

• iamb

• trochee

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The process of marking meter is...

• Scansion

• The actual worst

• Rhyme scheme

• Uses the alphabet

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry. (the rhythm)

• beat

• meter

• poetry

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry, or the beat 

• rhythm

• meter

• stanza

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

dactyl or dactyllic

• unstressed stressed

• stressed unstressed

• unstressed stressed stressed

• stressed unstressed unstressed

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Iambic

• unstressed stressed

• stressed unstressed

• unstressed unstressed stressed

• stressed unstressed unstressed

a metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one ( / u )

• anapest

• dactyl

• iamb

• trochee

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9