Poetry: Stanza, Meter, Feet

Question 0

Tercet/Triplet

Answer 0

3 lined stanza (all 3 rhyme)

Question 1

Tristich

Answer 1

3 lined stanza

Question 2

Quatrain

Answer 2

4 lined stanza

Question 3

Quintain

Answer 3

5 lined stanza

Question 4

Hexastich/Sextain/Sixtain

Answer 4

6 lined stanza

Question 5

Heptastich/Septet

Answer 5

7 lined stanza

Question 6

Octastich

Answer 6

8 lined stanza

Question 7

Douzain

Answer 7

12 lined stanza

Question 8

Quatorzain

Answer 8

14 lined stanza

Question 9

Decaysyllabic

Answer 9

Line with 10 syllables

Question 10

Hendecasyllabic

Answer 10

11 syllables

Question 11

Dimeter

Answer 11

Line with 2 feet

Question 12

Trimester

Answer 12

3 feet

Question 13

Tetrameter

Answer 13

4 feet

Question 14

Hexameter

Answer 14

6 feet

Question 15

Pentameter

Answer 15

5 feet

Question 16

Heptameter

Answer 16

7 feet

Question 17

Octameter

Answer 17

8 feet

Question 18

Iamb

Answer 18

u s (forego)

Question 19

Trochee

Answer 19

s u (weather)

Question 20

Spondee

Answer 20

s s (football)

Question 21

Pyrrhic

Answer 21

u u

Question 22

Amphibrach

Answer 22

u s u (arrangement)

Question 23

Amphimacer

Answer 23

s u s (nevermore)

Question 24

Anapest

Answer 24

u u s (like a child from the womb)

Question 25

Antibacchius

Answer 25

s s u (high mountains)

Question 26

Bacchius

Answer 26

u s s (Marie Claire)

Question 27

Dactyl

Answer 27

s u u (mannikin)

Question 28

Choriambus

Answer 28

s u u s (year upon year)

Question 29

Paeon

Answer 29

s u u u (vegetable)