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What is the meter of a ballad?
mostly alternating iambic pentameter and iambic trimeter
What is trimeter?
Iambic trimeter is a meter in poetry consisting of three iambic units per line.Iambic is the dee-dum rhythm."I met a hungry catUp there in Ironbark"
How many stressed syllables are in Dactylic trimeter?
...Iamb (Iambic)Unstressed + Stressed.........Two Syllables...Trochee (Trochaic)Stressed + Unstressed.........Two Syllables...Spondee (Spondaic)Stressed + Stressed.........Two Syllables...Anapest (Anapestic)Unstressed + Unstressed + Stressed.........Three Syllables...Dactyl (DactylicStressed + Unstressed + Unstressed.........Three Syllables
How many syllables are there in iambic pentameter?
ten
How many syllables are in one iambic foot?
Two
If there were five iambic units in a line of iambic pentameter how many syllables would be in that line?
10
What meter is Saturday's child by countee Cullen?
"Saturday's Child" by Countee Cullen is written in iambic trimeter, with three stressed syllables per line following an unstressed/stressed pattern. This meter creates a rhythmic and flowing quality to the poem.
What is the basic rhythm scheme of the poem Sorrow by Edna St Vincent Millay?
Iambic tetrameter Iambic heptameter
What term refers to the sequence of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem?
iambic pentameter
What do you call it when there are four sets of iambic syllables in a line of poetry?
A line of poetry with four sets of iambic syllables is called an iambic tetrameter. Each set of two syllables contains an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable, creating a rhythmic pattern in the verse.
What type of meter do these lines of verse use trimeter trochaic tetrameter tetrameter tetrameter and trimeter?
The lines of verse use a combination of three stressed syllables (trimeter) followed by four trochaic metrical feet (trochaic tetrameter) in the first two lines, followed by four trochaic metrical feet in the next three lines. The final line consists of three stressed syllables (trimeter).
What type of verse is ten syllables long and alternates stressed and unstressed syllables?
A ten-syllable verse with alternating stressed and unstressed syllables is called an iambic pentameter. This rhythmic pattern is commonly found in traditional English poetry, such as Shakespearean sonnets and blank verse.
