The basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse.
What is Meter?
100
A foot which starts with an unaccented and ends with an accented (stressed) syllable. It is the most common meter in the English Language and naturally falls into everyday conversation.
What is Iambic?
100
"Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?"
- Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18"
What is Iambic?
100
“She left the Heaven of Heroes and came down
To make a man to meet the mortal need
A man to match the mountains and the sea
The friendly welcome of the wayside well”
The above stanza is an example of...
What is Alliteration?
100
"For Thine is the Kingdom" is an example
What is Biblical Allusion?
200
Poem has Two Feet
What is Dimeter?
200
A foot including an accented syllable followed by two unaccented syllables.
What is Dactylic?
200
"By the shores of Gitche Gumee,
By the shining Big-Sea-Water"
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s “Song of Hiawatha”
What is Trochee?
200
Groups of lines that form division in a poem.
What is a Stanza?
200
The speech "I have a Dream" is an example.
What is Cultural Allusion?
300
Poem has Four Feet.
What is Tetrameter?
300
A foot that begins with an accented then followed by an unaccented syllable.
What is Trochiaic?
300
"Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volley'd and thunder'd;"
- Alfred Lord Tennyson’s “The Charge of the Light Brigade”
What is Dactyl?
300
“Beat, beat, whir, thud in the soft turf under the apple trees.” This is an example of which literary term?
What is Onomatopoeia?
300
Refers to works such as Paintings and Sculptures.
What is Art Allusion?
400
Poem has Five Feet
What is Pentameter?
400
A foot which has two unaccented syllables followed by an accented syllable.
What is Anapestic?
400
"You’re killing off students, you think it’s good fun."
- Peeves’s Song from Harry Potter
What is Anapest?
400
“Truth is like a bright flame.”
What is Simile?
400
References to Zeus, Athena, Hades, Pygmalion, etc
What is Mythological Allusion?
500
Seven Feet
What is Heptameter?
500
A foot consisting of two accented syllables. Ex: Heartbreak...(Heart-Break)
What is Spondee?
500
"All I could see from where I stood
Was three long mountains and a wood;"
- Edna St. Vincent Millay’s "Renascence"
What is Iamb?
500
“The room was filled with thunderous silence.”
What is Oxymoron?
500
"Something wicked this way comes."
What is Literature Allusion?
Daily Double: Who is the author?