Poetic Terms Quiz

What is Rhythm?

• An audible pattern in verse established by the intervals between stressed syllables.

• A pair of successive rhyming lines.

• A grouping of lines separated from others in a poem.

What are Stressed Syllables?

• A syllable uttered in a higher pitch—or with greater emphasis—than others.

• Parts of a word or poetic line that are spoken with less emphasis.

• A phrase or line repeated at intervals within a poem.

What are Unstressed Syllables?

• Parts of a word or poetic line that are spoken with less emphasis compared to stressed syllables.

• A four-line stanza, often with various rhyme schemes.

• The rhythmical pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse.

What is a Refrain?

• A phrase or line repeated at intervals within a poem, especially at the end of a stanza.

• A metrical foot consisting of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable.

• Nonmetrical, nonrhyming lines that closely follow the natural rhythms of speech.

What is a Couplet?

• A pair of successive rhyming lines, usually of the same length.

• A grouping of lines separated from others in a poem.

• A line made up of five feet.

What is Internal rhythm?

• An audible pattern in verse established by the intervals between stressed syllables.

• Elements of a poem that invoke any of the five senses.

• The poet’s attitude toward the poem’s speaker.

What is Free verse?

• Nonmetrical, nonrhyming lines that closely follow the natural rhythms of speech.

• A four-line stanza, often with various rhyme schemes.

• A line in a poem is a set of words that ends for a specific reason.

What is Imagery?

• Elements of a poem that invoke any of the five senses to create a set of mental images.

• The overall emotional atmosphere or feeling that a reader experiences.

• A writing technique where words or expressions go beyond their literal meaning.

What is Iambic?

• A metrical foot consisting of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable.

• A line made up of five feet.

• A four-line stanza, often with various rhyme schemes.

What is Iambic pentameter?

• A line made up of five feet. It is the most common metrical line in English.

• The rhythmical pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse.

• A phrase or line repeated at intervals within a poem.