What is a stanza in poetry?
A group of lines in a poem.
What does a foot represent in poetry?
A group of syllables that forms the rhythm of a line.
What are stressed syllables in poetry?
Syllables that are accentuated.
What are unstressed syllables in poetry?
Syllables that are non-accentuated.
How many lines does a couplet have?
Two lines.
How many lines does a tercet have?
Three lines.
How many lines does a quatrain have?
Four lines.
How many lines are in a sonnet?
Fourteen lines.
What syllable pattern defines an iamb?
One unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable.
How is a trochee syllable pattern arranged?
One stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable.
What syllable pattern characterizes an anapest?
Two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable.
What is the syllable pattern of a dactyl?
One stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables.
What name is given to a line with three feet?
Trimeter
What name is given to a line with six feet?
Hexameter or Alexandrine
How is a meter named?
By combining the type of foot with the number of feet
What is a line with iambs and five feet called?
Iambic pentameter
How does an end-stopped line differ from enjambment?
It ends its meaning or sentence at the line's end, unlike enjambment.
What distinguishes wrenched accent from inversion in meter?
Wrenched accent mismatches expected meter; inversion reverses usual rhythm temporarily.
What is the first step in scansion?
Identifying stressed and unstressed syllables.
What follows identifying syllable stress in scansion?
Identifying the foot.
What is the final step in scansion?
Assigning the name of the meter after counting feet.
What syllable pattern does a spondee have?
Two stressed syllables.
How is a pyrrhic foot composed syllabically?
Two unstressed syllables.
What is anacrusis in poetry?
One or more unstressed syllables added at the beginning of a line.
What does hypercatalexis add to a poetic line?
One or more unstressed syllables added at the end of a line.
What is acephaly in metrical terms?
One or more unstressed syllables missing at the beginning of a line.
What is catalexis in poetry?
One or more unstressed syllables missing at the end of a line.
What defines free verse in poetry?
It lacks a regular fixed meter.
What is the defining feature of blank verse?
It has no rhyme.
How is syllabic verse mainly organized?
By the number of syllables.
What is counterpointing in poetry?
An opposition between different rhythm or accentuation levels.
Answer 15 questions on Poetic Structure and Meter.
1. What is a stanza in a poem?
2. What does a foot organize in a line of poetry?
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