Meter Quiz

Question 1

SU

Answer 1

Trochee (trochaic)

BASEball

Question 2

UUS

Answer 2

Anapest(-ic)

underNEATH

Question 3

SUU

Answer 3

dactyl(-ic)

SYMphony

Question 4

USU

Answer 4

amphibrach(-ic)

conCERto

Question 5

SUS

Answer 5

amphimac(-ic)

JOAN of ARC

Question 6

SS Substitution

Answer 6

spondee (spondaic)

ROUGH WINDS

Question 7

UU substitution

Answer 7

pyrrhic

with the

Question 8

Partial foot

Answer 8

catalexis (catalectic) foot
Go and| catch a| falling| STAR
truncated, round up meter

Question 9

Stressed catalectic

Answer 9

masculine

shows confidence & certainty

Question 10

Unstressed catalectic

Answer 10

feminine

shows doubt, uncertainty, weakness, & confusion

Question 11

’ in a word

Answer 11

elision

o’er

Question 12

` over an e

Answer 12

ictus

punishèd

Question 13

Whole sentence in a line

Answer 13

end-stopped

Question 14

ends line mid-sentence

Answer 14

enjambment

emphasizes last word

Question 15

comma within line

Answer 15

caesura

pause within line

Question 16

US

Answer 16

iamb(-ic)

toDAY

Question 17

Bright/night

Answer 17

Perfect rhyme

Question 18

Eye/symmetry

Answer 18

Near/slant/imperfect rhyme

Question 19

“Ah distinctly I remember, it was in the bleak November”

Answer 19

Internal rhyme

Question 20

Assonance

Answer 20

Repetition of vowel sounds (lake/fate)

Question 21

Consonance

Answer 21

Repetition of consonant sounds (burn/borne)