Poems/Short stories

Question 1

stressed syllable &

unstressed syllable

Answer 1

part of a word that you say with greater emphasis than the other syllables.

a part of a word that you say with less emphasis than the stressed syllable

Question 2

Iambic Meter Definition

Answer 2

When a line of poetry is composed of two-syllable units,
where the first is a stressed syllable,
following the second unstressed syllable,
creating an Iambic meter in the poetry
and making the da-DUM sound.

Example:
A tree that may in summers wear
A nest of robins in her hair..

1. Iambic diameter (two iambs per line containing two feet)
2. Iambic trimeter (three iambs per line containing three feet)
3. Iambic tetrameter (four iambs per line containing four feet)
4. Iambic pentameter (five iambs per line containing five feet)
5. Iambic hexameter (six iambs per line containing six feet)
6. Iambic heptameter (seven iambs per line containing seven feet)

Question 3

Iambic Trimeter & Pentameter

Answer 3

• meter in poetry consisting of three iambic feet
  (three pairs of first unstressed and second stressed syllables).

Ex:

The WAY,/ not MINE,/ o LORD,

HowEV-/er DARK/it BE;

• meter in poetry consisting of five iambic feet (five pairs of a first unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable).
  Iambic pentameter is the most common meter used in poetry writing and often can be seen in poetries of many poets and writers.
  Sonnets are the best examples of Iambic Pentameter as they are often written in Iambic pentameter

Ex:
No LONG-/er MOURN/ for ME/ when I/ am DEAD

(CAP IS STRESSED -> longer)

Question 4

couplet & tercet & quatrain

Answer 4

c: stanza of poetry with 2 lines
t: 3 lines -> He clasps the crag with crooked hands; Close to the sun in lonely lands, Ring’d with the azure world, he stands.
q: 4 lines