Poetry Scansion

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What is an iamb?

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A metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (U /).

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What is a dactyl?

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A metrical foot consisting of two stressed syllables followed by an unstressed one ( / / U ).

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What is a trochee?

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A metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable ( / U ).

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What is an anapest?

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A metrical foot consisting of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable (U U /).

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What is tetrameter?

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A line of poetry that contains four metrical feet.

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What is pentameter?

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A line of poetry that contains five metrical feet.

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How many feet are in a line written in tetrameter?

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4 feet.

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How many feet are in a line written in pentameter?

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5 feet.

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How many lines are in a sonnet?

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14 lines.

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What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?

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ABABCDCDEFEFGG.