Elements of Poetry

Question 1

The rhythmic pattern created in a line of verse

Answer 1

Meter

Question 2

the number of stressed syllables in a line is fixed, but the number of total syllables is not

Answer 2

Accentual meter

Question 3

The total number of syllables in the line is fixed but the number of stressed syllables is not

Answer 3

Syllabic meter

Question 4

both the number of stressed syllables and the number of total stressed syllables is fixed

Answer 4

Accentual-syllabic meter

Question 5

the duration of sound in each syllable, rather than its stress, determines the meter

Answer 5

Quantitative meter

Question 6

basic rhythmic unit in which a line of verse can be divided. When reciting a verse, there is usually a slight pause between feet

Answer 6

Foot

Question 7

An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

Answer 7

Iamb

Question 8

A stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable

Answer 8

Trochee

Question 9

A stressed syllable followed by by two unstressed syllables

Answer 9

Dactyl

Question 10

Two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable

Answer 10

Anapest

Question 11

two successive syllables with strong stresses

Answer 11

Spondee

Question 12

two successive syllables with light stresses

Answer 12

Pyrrhic

Question 13

process of analyzing number and type of feet

Answer 13

scansion

Question 14

one foot

Answer 14

Monometer

Question 15

two feet

Answer 15

dimeter

Question 16

three feet

Answer 16

trimeter

Question 17

four feet

Answer 17

tetrameter

Question 18

five feet

Answer 18

pentameter

Question 19

six feet

Answer 19

hexameter

Question 20

seven feet

Answer 20

heptameter

Question 21

eight feet

Answer 21

octameter

Question 22

Each line of verse has five feet (pentameter), each of which consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (iamb). One of the most popular metrical schemes in English poetry.

Answer 22

Iambic pentameter

Question 23

Unrhymed iambic pentameter. Popular with Shakespeare

Answer 23

Blank verse

Question 24

Alternating tetrameter and trimeter, usually iambic and rhyming.

Answer 24

Ballad

Question 25

verse that does not conform to any fixed meter or rhyme scheme. However, not loose or unrestricted

Answer 25

Free verse

Question 26

rhyme between two or more words within a single line of verse.

Answer 26

Internal rhyme

Question 27

rhyme consisting of a single stressed syllable

Answer 27

Masculine rhyme

Question 28

a rhyme consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable

Answer 28

feminine rhyme

Question 29

an exact match of sounds in a rhyme

Answer 29

Perfect rhyme

Question 30

an imperfect rhyme in which sounds are similar but not exactly the same

Answer 30

slant rhyme

Question 31

Two successive rhymed lines that are equal in length

Answer 31

Couplet

Question 32

rhyming lines in iambic pentameter

Answer 32

heroic couplet

Question 33

four-line stanza

Answer 33

Quatrain

Question 34

five-line stanza

Answer 34

cinquain

Question 35

written in iambic pentameter with abab rhyme scheme

Answer 35

heroic quatrain

Question 36

a grouping of three lines, often bearing a single rhyme

Answer 36

tercet

Question 37

Japenese poetry written in three lines of five, seven, and five syllables

Answer 37

Haiku

Question 38

Five line poem with aabba rhyme scheme

Answer 38

Limerick

Question 39

A single-stanza poem containing fourteen limes written in iambic pentameter

Answer 39

Sonnett

Question 40

formal poems that reflect on death or other solemn, serious themes

Answer 40

elegies

Question 41

A long narrative poem telling of a hero’s deeds

Answer 41

epic poem

Question 42

Poems that express the feelings or thoughts of a speaker rather than telling a story.

Answer 42

lyric poems