I. Rhythms & Sound-Patterns

Question 1

Binary rhythms

Answer 1

Two-syllable feet
Eg: iambic, trochaic

Question 2

Iambic rhythm (def and commentary eg.)

Answer 2

Unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. Usually expresses order/harmony.

Question 3

Trochaic rhythms (def and commentary eg.)

Answer 3

Stressed syllable followed by unstressed syllable.
Expresses striking/forcefulness

Question 4

Ternary rhythms

Answer 4

Three-syllable foot.
Eg: dactylic rhythm and anapest rhythm

Question 5

Dactylic rhythm (def and commentary eg.)

Answer 5

A stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables.
Expresses alert/jauntiness

Question 6

Anapest rhythm (def and commentary eg.)

Answer 6

Two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable.
Regular/yet dynamic

Question 7

Rhyme

Answer 7

Phonetic parallel or echo between 2 words/syllables

Question 8

Alliteration

Answer 8

Same initial consonant

Question 9

Consonance

Answer 9

Same final consonant

Question 10

Assonance

Answer 10

Identical vowel sounds/vowel rhyme

Question 11

Internal rhyme

Answer 11

Rhyme within the single line

Question 12

Eye-rhyme

Answer 12

Same spelling but different prononciations (visual rhyme: rhyme that you see with your eye)

Question 13

Blank verse (give an example)

Answer 13

Verses that don’t use rhymes (unrhymed iambic).
Eg: Elizabethan theatre; Shakespeare, Marlowe

Question 14

Free verse

Answer 14

Uses rhymes but without a regular pattern

Question 15

List different rhyme patterns/schemes and their def

Answer 15

Couplet: aabb
Alternate: abab
Enclosing: abba
Terza rima: aba bcb (3-line stanzas)

Question 16

What are the main functions of rhymes

Answer 16

Chiming, highlighting, associating, opposing