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Meter and Rhythm Flashcards

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1
Q

What is the foot and meter of the following line?

U / U / U / U /

A

Iambic tetrameter

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What kind of rhythm is this: / U

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Trochee

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3
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What is a meter with 6 feet?

A

Hexameter

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4
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What is a line with 6 feet called ?

A

Hexameter

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What is a meter with 2 feet called ?

A

Dimeter

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What is a meter with 3 feet called ?

A

Trimeter

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What is a meter with 4 feet called ?

A

Tetrameter

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What is a meter with 5 feet called ?

A

Pentameter

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9
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What is a meter with 7 feet called ?

A

Heptameter

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10
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What is a meter with 8 feet called ?

A

Octameter

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11
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What kind of foot is this : U U /

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Anapest

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12
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What kind of foot is this: On the fifteenth of May, in the jungle of Nool.

A

Anapestic

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13
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Describe in symbols (U and /) a line that is iambic hexameter.

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U / U / U / U / U / U /

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What kind of foot features three syllables, the first two being unstressed and the last one stressed?

A

Anapest (An anapestic rhythm)

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15
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How do we call the type of foot that has an unstressed/stressed pattern?

A

Iamb

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16
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What is the foot and meter of the following line?

“The curfew tolls the knell of parting day.”

A

Iambic pentameter

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17
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What is meter?

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A stressed and unstressed syllabic pattern within the lines of a poem (a meter contains several feet)

18
Q

stressed/unstressed/unstressed (/,U,U)

A

Dactyl

19
Q

Is the word “emphasis” a dactyl?

A

Yes

20
Q

Scan this line:

“This is the forest primeval, the murmuring pine and the hemlock.”

A

Dactylic hexameter

21
Q

What is a foot?

A

A set number of syllables that are stressed or unstressed

22
Q

What is a mnemonic device for the dactyl?

A

A pterodactyl flying down and grabbing two sheep with it.

23
Q

Is the word “anapest” a dactyl?

A

Yes

24
Q

“That time of year thou mayst in me behold.”

What is the meter?

A

Iambic Pentameter

25
Q

“The curfew tolls the knell of parting day.”

What kind of meter is this?

A

iambic Pentameter

26
Q

Is the word “primeval” a dactyl?

A

No.

27
Q

What is the foot and meter?

/ U U / U U / U U

A

Dactylic trimeter

28
Q

What is the rule of thumb for one syllabic words ?

A

Important words are stressed and unimportant words are unstressed.

29
Q

In the rule of thumb, what are important words?

A

Nouns, verbs and adj

30
Q

In the rule of thumb, what are unimportant words?

A

articles, prepositions, conjonctions

31
Q

“Double, double, toil and trouble;”

What kind of meter is this?

A

trochaic Tetrameter

32
Q

“And the sound of a voice that is still”

What kind of meter is this?

A

anapestic Trimeter

33
Q

“Kissed the girls and made them cry”

What kind of meter is this?

A

trochaic Tetrameter

34
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What happens if at the end of a line you have a sole stressed syllable?

A

You count it as another foot.

35
Q

Scan this line:

“Picture yourself in a boat on a river with”

A

Dactylic tetrameter

36
Q

What is a mnemonic device for an iamb?

A

The symbol that we draw for the first syllable, which is unstressed, is a “U”, so it can be completed to form an eye shape “O”; thus, it reminds the first syllable “i” in the word iamb.

37
Q

“It is better to fight for the good than to rave at the ill”

What kind of meter is this?

A

anapestic Pentameter

38
Q

Scan this line:

One fish two fish red fish blue fish

A

Trochaic tetrameter

39
Q

Scan this line:

“Those lips that Love’s own hand did make”

A

Iambic Tetrameter

40
Q

“My life closed twice before its close.” Identify the meter.

A

Iambic Tetrameter

41
Q

How many syllables in the word “Dictionary”? Which one is stressed?

A

4 syllables, (DIC)-tion-ar-y

42
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What is the difference between Rhythm and Meter?

A

Rhythm refers to the overall tempo, or pace, at which the poem unfolds, while meter refers to the measured beat established by patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables.

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