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Scansion

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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.

a)

anapestic trimeter

b)

dactylic trimeter

c)

iambic tetrameter

d)

trochaic tetrameter

2.

Determine the predominant meter in the line(s):

To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells

a)

anapestic trimeter

b)

dactylic trimeter

c)

iambic pentameter

d)

trochaic pentameter

3.

Determine predominant meter in the line(s):

Come live with me and be my love

a)

anapestic dimeter

b)

dactylic dimeter

c)

iambic tetrameter

d)

trochaic tetrameter

4.

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

a)

anapest

b)

dactyl

c)

iamb

d)

trochee

5.

The process of marking meter is...

a)

Scansion

b)

The actual worst

c)

Rhyme scheme

d)

Uses the alphabet

6.

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

a)

beat

b)

meter

c)

poetry

d)

rhyme

7.

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

a)

rhythm

b)

meter

c)

stanza

d)

tone

8.

dactyl or dactyllic

a)

unstressed stressed

b)

stressed unstressed

c)

unstressed stressed stressed

d)

stressed unstressed unstressed

9.

Iambic

a)

unstressed stressed

b)

stressed unstressed

c)

unstressed unstressed stressed

d)

stressed unstressed unstressed

10.

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

a)

anapest

b)

dactyl

c)

iamb

d)

trochee

11.

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

a)

anapest

b)

dactyl

c)

iamb

d)

trochee

12.

a metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllables followed by two unstressed one ( / UU )

a)

anapest

b)

dactyl

c)

iamb

d)

trochee

13.

Determine the predominant meter in the line(s): 'The curfew tolls the knell of parting day'

a)

A) anapestic trimeter

b)

B) dactylic trimeter

c)

C) iambic pentameter

d)

D) trochaic pentameter

14.

Identify the meter in the line(s): 'And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea'

a)

A) anapestic tetrameter

b)

B) dactylic tetrameter

c)

C) iambic hexameter

d)

D) trochaic hexameter

15.

What is the predominant meter in the line(s): 'When I have fears that I may cease to be'

a)

A) anapestic trimeter

b)

B) dactylic trimeter

c)

C) iambic pentameter

d)

D) trochaic pentameter