Scansion In Poetry: Trivia Quiz!

21 Questions | By Youngenlee | Updated: Mar 22, 2022 | Attempts: 5615

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1.

Identify the stressed and unstressed syllables with caps and noncaps respectively: Elaine
- A.
  
  Elaine
- B.
  
  ELAINE
2.

Identify the stressed and unstressed syllables with caps and non caps respectively: Ashley
- A.
  
  Ashley
- B.
  
  AshLEY
3.

Identify the rhythm: Elaine
- A.
  
  Dactylic
- B.
  
  Anapestic
- C.
  
  Trochaic
- D.
  
  Iambic
4.

Identify the rhythm: Ashley
- A.
  
  Dactylic
- B.
  
  Anapestic
- C.
  
  Trochaic
- D.
  
  Iambic
5.

Identify the rhythm: I WANT to GO to ItaLY and EAT a PIzza PIE.
- A.
  
  Dactylic
- B.
  
  Anapestic
- C.
  
  Trochaic
- D.
  
  Iambic
6.

Scan the phrases and poem excerpts below, typing CAPS for stressed syllables only. Also, separate the feet with the symbol |, found above the enter or return key on your keyboard. Double double toil and trouble. Fire burn and cauldron bubble.
7.

Identify the rhythm and meter of the following excerpt: Double double toil and trouble Fire burn and cauldron bubble.
- A.
  
  Iambic pentameter
- B.
  
  Trochaic pentameter
- C.
  
  Trochaic tetrameter
- D.
  
  Iambic tetrameter
8.

Scan the phrases and poem excerpts below, typing CAPS for stressed syllables only. Also, separate the feet with the symbol |, found above the enter or return key on your keyboard. For the moon never beams Without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee
9.

Identify the rhythm and meter of the following excerpt: For the moon never beams Without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee
- A.
  
  Anapestic dimeter
- B.
  
  Dactylic dimeter
- C.
  
  Anapestic trimeter
- D.
  
  Dactylic trimeter
10.

Scan the phrases and poem excerpts below, typing CAPS for stressed syllables only. Also, separate the feet with the symbol |, found above the enter or return key on your keyboard. Picture yourself in a boat on a river with Tangerine tree-ees and marmalade ski-i-ies.
11.

Identify the rhythm and meter of the following excerpt: Picture yourself in a boat on a river with Tangerine tree-ees and marmalade ski-i-ies.
- A.
  
  Anapestic trimeter
- B.
  
  Dactylic trimeter
- C.
  
  Anapestic tetrameter
- D.
  
  Dactylic tetrameter
12.

Scan the phrases and poem excerpts below, typing CAPS for stressed syllables only. Also, separate the feet with the symbol |, found above the enter or return key on your keyboard. Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May And summer’s lease hath all too short a date.
13.

Identify the rhythm and meter of the following excerpt: Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May And summer’s lease hath all too short a date.
14.

Scan the phrases and poem excerpts below, typing CAPS for stressed syllables only. Also, separate the feet with the symbol |, found above the enter or return key on your keyboard. Tell me not in mournful numbers
15.

Identify the rhythm and meter of the following excerpt: Tell me not in mournful numbers
16.

Scan the phrases and poem excerpts below, typing CAPS for stressed syllables only. Also, separate the feet with the symbol |, found above the enter or return key on your keyboard. And the sound of a voice that is still
17.

Identify the rhythm and meter of the following excerpt: And the sound of a voice that is still
18.

Scan the phrases and poem excerpts below, typing CAPS for stressed syllables only. Also, separate the feet with the symbol |, found above the enter or return key on your keyboard. The morns are meeker than they were, The nuts are getting brown; The berry’s cheek is plumper, The rose is out of town. --Emily Dickinson
19.

Identify the rhythm and meter of the following excerpt: The morns are meeker than they were,
20.

Identify the rhythm and meter of the following excerpt: This is the forest primeval, the murmuring pine and the hemlocks
21.

Scan the phrases and poem excerpts below, typing CAPS for stressed syllables only. Also, separate the feet with the symbol |, found above the enter or return key on your keyboard. This is the forest primeval, the murmuring pine and the hemlocks