Poetic Rhythm and Meter

What is the rhythm called when an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable?

• anapestic

• iambic

• trochaic

What is the rhythm called when a stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed syllable?

• spondaic

• iambic

• trochaic

What is the type of rhythm that contains two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable?

• anapestic

• dactylic

• trochaic

What type of rhythm is in the following line of poetry:

That we may go among the greats

• anapestic

• iambic

• trochaic

What type of rhythm is used in the following line of poetry:

Tell me not in mournful numbers

• anapestic

• iambic

• trochaic

What is the meter in the following line of poetry:

Tell me not in mournful numbers

• trimeter

• tetrameter

• pentameter

What is the rhythm of the following line of poetry:

And the sound of a voice that is still

• anapestic

• iambic

• trochaic

• dactylic

What is the meter of the following line of poetry:

And the sound of a voice that is still

• trimeter

• tetrameter

• pentameter

What is the meter of the following line of Shakespeare's poem:

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

• trimeter

• tetrameter

• pentameter

What is the rhythm of the following line from Shakespeare's poem:

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

• anapestic

• iambic

• trochaic