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WGU2011 poetic meter
Rhythm & meter
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| IAMBIC 2 syllable feet - unstressed/STRESSED = beCOME,rePROSE, beLIEF, comPLETE | That TIME of YEAR thou MAYST in ME beHOLD |
| What are the 5 basic rhythms of English Poetry? | Iambs, Trochees, Spondees, Anapests and Dactyls. |
| TROCHAIC (/x) 2 syllable feet- STRESSED/unstressed = GARland, SPEAKing, VALue | TELL me NOT in MOURNful NUMbers |
| SPONDAIC (/ /) 2 syllable feet STRESSED/STRESSED = LONG DAY, HEART BURN, | BREAK, BREAK, BREAK/ On thy COLD GRAY STONES, O SEA! |
| ANAPESTIC (x x /) 3 syllable feet unstressed/unstressed/STRESSED = in-ter-FERE, on the ROAD, in-ter-UPT,cont-ra-DICT | And the SOUND of a VOICE that is STILL |
| DACTYLIC (/ x x) 3 syllable feet STRESSED/unstressed/unstressed = SYLL-ab-le, HAM-bur-ger, ID-i-ot, HAP-i-ness, SAT-ur-day | THIS is the FORest priMEval, the MURmuring PINES and the HEMlock (trochee replaces the final dactly) |
| Each line of a poem contains a certain number of ________ of iambs, trochees, spondees, dactyls or anapests. | Feet |
| MONOMETER | 1 FOOT |
| DIAMETER | 2 FEET |
| TRIAMETER | 3 FEET |
| TETRAMETER | 4 FEET |
| PENTAMETER | 5 FEET |
| HEXAMETER | 6 FEET |
| HEPTAMETER | 7 FEET |
| OCTOMETER | 8 FEET |
| TROCHAIC MONOMETER (2 syllables, unstress/stressed one foot line) | Adam Had'em |
| IAMBIC PENTAMETER (5 iambs, 10 syllables) most common in English verse. | That TIME|of YEAR|Thou MAYST|in ME|beHOLD |
| TROCHAIC TETRAMETER (4 trochess, 8 syllables) | TELL me|NOT in|MOURNful|NUMbers |
| ANAPESTIC TRIMETER (3 anapests, 9 syllables) | And the SOUND|of a VOICE|that is STILL |
| DACTYLIC HEXAMETER (6 dactlys, 17 syllables; a trochee replaces the last dactyl) | THIS is the|FORest pri|MEval, the|MURmuring|PINE and the|HEMlocks |
| I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them, Sam-I-Am. | iambic tetrameter |
| Since I've stopped completing dinner, My waist has slowly gotten thinner. I think this diet is a winner! | tercet |
| How many lines? Haiku Limericks Triolets Sonnets | Haiku have 3 lines; limericks have 5; triolets have 8; sonnets have 14. |
| I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. | couplet |
| A typical Emily Dickinson poem goes like this: I felt a cleaving in my mind As if my brain had split; I tried to match it, seam by seam, But could not make them fit. The thought behind I strove to join.... | common meter Common meter is also used in "Amazing Grace" and "The Yellow Rose of Texas," which is why you can sing most Dickinson poems to either tune. |
| Swift as a spirit hastening to his task Of glory and of good, the Sun sprang forth Rejoicing in his splendour, and the mask Of darkness fell from the awakened Earth The smokeless altars of the mountain snows Flamed above crimson clouds,& at the birth. | Terza rima = rhyme scheme similar to this: aba bcb cdc ded, |
| The wind was whipping my hair around my neck. | Alliteration is the repetition of a beginning sound. |
| Acorns mourned the return of autumn | Pathetic fallacy is a specific form of personification that has nature conveying an emotion. |
| My love is like a red, red rose | simile is a comparison that uses 'like' or 'as'. |
| If a poem had 1 foot per line and the foot was iambic (unstressed/STRESSED), what type of a poem would it be? | Iambic dimeter |
| If a poem had 3 feet per line, and the foot was iambiic (unstressed/STRESSED), what type of poem would it be? | Iambic trimeter |
| If a poem had 4 feet per line and the foot was iambic (unstressed/STRESSED). what type of poem would it be? | Iambic tetrameter |
| 5 feet per line, Iambic | Iambic pentameter |
| 3 feet per line, trochaic (STRESSED/unstressed) | Trochaic tetrameter |
| Step back! Step back! Step back! I say. No pain! No pain! No pain! I pray | Monometer in 2 stanzas |
| Step back, step back step back you say. No pain, no pain no pain I pray | Diameter in one stanza |
| Go, Soul, the body's guest, Upon a thankless errand; Fear not to touch the best; The truth shall be thy warrant: Go, since I needs must die, And give the world the lie. | Trimeter |
| If all the world and love were young, And truth in every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee and be thy love. | Tetrameter |
| It little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Matched with an aged wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race, That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me. | Blank Verse in Iambic Pentameter |
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