Poetry Meter

The lines in the stand beginning: "Sow seed – but let no tyrant reap" are all 'stressed - stressed'. This means they are:

• Anapest

• Dactyll

• Spondee

• Pyrric

These lines begin with spondees: "Sow seed – but let no tyrant reap: Find wealth – let no imposter keep: Weave robes – let not the idle wear: Forge arms – in your defence to bear" They are written as....

• Statements

• Questions

• Imperatives (instructions)

• Exclamations

The use of the spondees in the sixth stanza suggests Shelley...

• is imploring the Men of England to take action

• Is suggesting the Men of England relax

• is suggesting the Kings and Lords of England should arrest any protesters

• is imploring the Kings and Lords of England to publish his book

All are found in poetry except...

• rhyme scheme

• rhythm

• stanza

• paragraphs

What is a meter?

• the pattern of accents and beats in a poem

• a row of words in a poem

• a measuring device

Rhythm is created by the stressed and unstressed syllables in the poem.

• False

• True

A piece of writing that usually has figurative language and is written in separate lines which often have a repeated rhythm and sometimes rhyme.

• poem

• stanza

• line

• personification

Which of the following meters consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable?

• Iambic

• Trochaic

• Anapestic

• Dactylic

What is the term for a line of poetry with five feet?

• Tetrameter

• Pentameter

• Hexameter

• Heptameter

In poetry, what is a 'foot'?

• A group of two or three syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm

• A single line of poetry

• A stanza of four lines

• A rhyme scheme