Scansion

What is the predominant type of foot in this line?

• iamb

• trochee

• anapest

• dactyl

What is the predominant type of foot in this line?

• iamb

• trochee

• anapest

• dactyl

What is the predominant type of foot in this line?

Old MacDonald had a farm...

• iamb

• trochee

• anapest

• dactyl

What is the predominant type of foot in this line?

• iamb

• trochee

• spondee

• pyrric

The metrical analysis of verse is known as

• iambic pentameter

• monologue

• scansion

• tragic flaw

the practice of determining the meter of a line of poetry

• simile

• scansion

• synecdoche

• syntax

Hey there! Noah, Olivia, and Maya are on a poetic adventure and stumbled upon a challenge. Can you help them figure out which of the following lines is written in iambic pentameter?

• The sun did rise upon the sea so blue.

• A bird flew high above the trees.

• She walks in beauty, like the night.

• To be or not to be, that is the question.

What is the predominant type of foot in this line?

By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea.

• iamb

• trochee

• anapest

• dactyl

What is the predominant type of foot in this line?

That time of year thou mayst in me behold

• iamb

• trochee

• anapest

• dactyl

What is the predominant type of foot in this line?

Half a league, half a league

• iamb

• trochee

• anapest

• dactyl