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Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
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
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
Determine predominant meter in the line(s):
Come live with me and be my love
anapestic dimeter
dactylic dimeter
iambic tetrameter
trochaic tetrameter
a metrical foot consisting of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed one
anapest
dactyl
iamb
trochee
The process of marking meter is...
Scansion
The actual worst
Rhyme scheme
Uses the alphabet
the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry. (the rhythm)
beat
meter
poetry
rhyme
The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry, or the beat
rhythm
meter
stanza
tone
dactyl or dactyllic
unstressed stressed
stressed unstressed
unstressed stressed stressed
stressed unstressed unstressed
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
a metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one ( u / )
anapest
dactyl
iamb
trochee
a metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllables followed by two unstressed one ( / UU )
anapest
dactyl
iamb
trochee
Determine the predominant meter in the line(s): 'The curfew tolls the knell of parting day'
A) anapestic trimeter
B) dactylic trimeter
C) iambic pentameter
D) trochaic pentameter
Identify the meter in the line(s): 'And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea'
A) anapestic tetrameter
B) dactylic tetrameter
C) iambic hexameter
D) trochaic hexameter
What is the predominant meter in the line(s): 'When I have fears that I may cease to be'
A) anapestic trimeter
B) dactylic trimeter
C) iambic pentameter
D) trochaic pentameter
