1What is meter in poetry?
The rhythmical pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse
2What is a foot in poetry?
The basic unit of measurement of the meter
3What is a monometer?
1 foot per line
4What is a dimeter?
2 feet per line
5What is a trimeter?
3 feet per line
6What is a tetrameter?
4 feet per line
7What is a pentameter?
5 feet per line
8What is a hexameter?
6 feet per line
9What is a heptameter?
7 feet per line
10What is an octameter?
8 feet per line
11What is a foot?
The basic unit of measurement of the meter.
12What is an iamb?
The metrical foot with an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (examples: unite, provide)
13What is a trochee?
The metrical foot with a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable (examples: garden, highway)
14What is a dactyl?
The metrical foot with a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables (examples: poetry, basketball)
15What is an anapest?
The metrical foot with two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable (examples: overcome, underfoot)
16What is a spondee?
The metrical foot with two stressed syllables
17What is a pyrrhic?
The metrical foot with two unstressed syllables
18What is rhyme in poetry?
The repetition of syllables, typically at the end of verse lines
19What is a rhyme scheme?
The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line, marked with letters (A, B, C, etc.)
20What is the rhyme scheme of "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" first stanza?
AABA
21What is the meter of "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"?
Iambic Tetrameter
22What are the symbols used for an iamb?
U / (unstressed followed by stressed)
23What are the symbols used for a trochee?
/ U (stressed followed by unstressed)
24What are the symbols used for a dactyl?
/ U U (stressed followed by two unstressed)
25What are the symbols used for an anapest?
U U / (two unstressed followed by stressed)
26What are the symbols used for a spondee?
/ / (two stressed syllables)
27What are the symbols used for a pyrrhic?
U U (two unstressed syllables)