Fundamentals of Poetry AP Lit Quiz 1

___________ is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables established in a line of poetry.

Meter

What are the other names for stressed and unstressed syllables?

accented and unaccented

a ________ is a unit of meter.

foot

A metrical foot can have how many syllables?

two or three

Poetic lines are classified according to the number of _______ in a line

feet

What is the Iambic foot?

-a two-syllable foot with the stress on the second syllable.

-Most common foot in English

What is the Trochee foot?

-consists of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable

What is the Anapest foot?

-consists of three syllables with the stress on the last syllable

What is the Spondee foot?

-consists of two stressed syllables. Compound words are examples. They are used for variation.

What is the Dactyl foot?

-contains three syllables with the stress on the first syllable

What is the Pyrrhic foot?

-consists of two unstressed syllables. This type of foot is rare and is found interspersed with other feet.

What are the basic kinds of metrical lines?

Monometer- one foot line

Dimeter- two foot line

Trimeter- three foot line

tetrameter- four foot line

Pentameter- five foot line

Hexameter- six foot line

Heptameter- seven foot line

Octometer- eight foot line

What are the three types of verse forms?

1. Rhymed verse

2. Blank verse

3. Free verse

Rhymed verse

-consists of verse with end rhyme and usually with a regular meter

Blank Verse

-consists of lines of iambic pentameter without end rhyme

Free verse

-consists of lines that do not have a regular meter and do not contain rhyme