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How is free verse usually distinguished from regular metrical verse?
It does not follow a fixed metre or regular rhyme scheme
How is free verse usually distinguished from regular metrical verse?
It does not follow a fixed metre or regular rhyme scheme
In metrical poetry, what is a foot?
A basic unit containing a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
Which description best fits a couplet?
Two consecutive lines treated as a unit, often sharing a rhyme
What is the volta in a sonnet?
A turn or shift in the poem's argument, thought or tone
Which rhyme scheme belongs to a Shakespearean sonnet?
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
What is a quatrain?
A stanza or group of four lines
What is enjambment?
The continuation of a phrase or sentence beyond the end of a line
A trochee consists of which pattern?
A stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable
What is a stanza?
A grouped set of lines separated from other groups in a poem
In poetry, what does form refer to?
The poem's overall design, including its lines, stanzas, rhyme and metre
Which stress pattern forms an iamb?
An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
Which pattern describes an anapest?
Two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable
Which description best defines blank verse?
Unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter
What does a rhyme scheme show?
The pattern of end rhymes, usually represented by letters
A line is end-stopped when which feature is present?
A phrase or sentence finishes at the line ending, often with punctuation
What is metre?
A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
What is the stress pattern of a dactyl?
A stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables
What is the standard pattern of iambic pentameter?
Five iambic feet in each line
What does the term caesura mean?
A noticeable pause within a line of poetry
Which description defines a traditional sonnet?
A fourteen-line poem, often organized by a rhyme scheme and a turn in thought