Poetry Meter

The rhythmic pattern of sounds in a line of poetry is called

• Meter

• Feet

• Accents

• Syllables

Working out the meter in a poem is called:

• Dactyl

• Scansion

• Feet

• Pyrrhic

Which of these is not a type of metrical foot?

• Anapest

• Iamb

• Splunky

• Trochee

How many poetic feet are there in a line of tetrameter?

• Three

• Four

• Five

• Six

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

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

The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem.

• rhythm

• sound

• tone

The meter of “The Drought” is most like —

• a thunderstorm

• a calm heartbeat

• an excited song

• an irregular drumbeat

One stressed and one unstressed beat in a word together is called a

• Hand

• Arm

• Foot

• Leg