What is the definition of heroic couplet?

two rhyming in iambic pentameter expressed by a epigrammatic thought

What is the definition masculine rhyme?

a rhyme limited to the stressed last syllable

What is the definition of dactyl?

a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables

What is the definition of inversion?

a reversal in the natural word order to help out rhyme or rhythm

What is the definition of sonnet?

a 14-line poem in iambic pentameter with a prescribed rhyming

What is the definition of scansion?

the analysis of verse to show its meter and rhyme scheme

What is the definition of pentameter?

a line of poetry containing five feet

What is the definition of anapest

two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable

What is the definition of caesura?

a pause within a line of verse, indicated in scansion by two vertical lines

What is the definition of trochee?

a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable

What is the definition of tetrameter?

a line of poetry containing four feet

What is the definition of foot?

the basic unit of verse meter, consisting usually of two or three syllables

What is the definition of quatrain?

a 4-line stanza, variously rhymed

What is the definition of feminine rhyme?

a rhyme of two or three syllables, with the stress on the first syllable

What is the definition of iamb?

an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

What is the definition of free verse?

rhythmical lines of irregular length without fixed metrical pattern

What is the definition of poetic license?

a writer’s way to deviate from standards of correctness for artistic effect

What is the definition of hexameter?

a line of poetry containing six feet

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What is the definition of heroic couplet?
the basic unit of verse meter
a reversal in the natural word order to help out rhyme or rhythm
two rhyming in iambic pentameter expressed by a epigrammatic thought
rhyming within the line
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What is the definition masculine rhyme?
an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
the analysis of verses to show its meter and rhyme scheme
a rhyme limited to the stressed last syllable
the basic unit of verse meter, consisting usually of two or three syllables
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What is the definition of dactyl?
a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables
the basic unit of verse meter, consisting usually of two or three syllables
unrhymed iambic pentameter
rhythmical lines of irregular length without fixed metrical pattern
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What is the definition of inversion?
a reversal in the natural word order to help out rhyme or rhythm
a rhyme of two or three syllables, with the stress on the first syllable
a rhyme limited to the stressed last syllable
a line of poetry containing six feet
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What is the definition of sonnet?
rhyming within the line
a rhyme limited to the stressed last syllable
a line of poetry containing six feet
a 14-line poem in iambic pentameter with a prescribed rhyming
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What is the definition of scansion?
a 14-line poem in iambic pentameter with prescribed rhyming
rhythmical lines of irregular length without fixed metrical pattern
the analysis of verse to show its meter and rhyme scheme
unrhymed iambic pentameter
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What is the definition of pentameter?
a line of poetry containing five feet
a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables
a reversal in the natural word order to help out the rhyme or rhythm
a pause within a line of verse, indicated in scansion by two vertical lines
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What is the definition of anapest
a pause within a line of verse, indicated in scansion by two vertical lines
a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables
the analysis of verse to show its meter and rhyme scheme
two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable
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What is the definition of caesura?
a pause within a line of verse, indicated in scansion by two vertical lines
a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable
an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
a 14-line poem in iambic pentameter with a prescribed rhyming
10
What is the definition of trochee?
a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable
a line of poetry containing four feet
a writer’s way to deviate from standards of correctness for artistic effect
a line of poetry containing five feet
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What is the definition of tetrameter?
two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter expressing a epigrammatic thought
two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable
a line of poetry containing four feet
a 4-line stanza, variously rhymed
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What is the definition of foot?
two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter expressing a epigrammatic thought
the basic unit of verse meter, consisting usually of two or three syllables
a reversal in the natural word order to help out the rhyme or rhythm
a 4-line stanza, variously rhymed
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What is the definition of quatrain?
a line of poetry containing four feet
a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable
a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables
a 4-line stanza, variously rhymed
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What is the definition of feminine rhyme?
a rhyme of two or three syllables, with the stress on the first syllable
two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable
a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable
a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables
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What is the definition of iamb?
an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
a rhyme limited to the stressed last syllable
rhyming within the line
a rhyme of two or three syllables, with the stress on the first syllable
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What is the definition of free verse?
two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable
rhythmical lines of irregular length without fixed metrical pattern
a line of poetry containing five feet
a pause within a line of verse, indicated in scansion by two vertical lines
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What is the definition of blank verse?
an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
the analysis of verse to show its meter and rhyme scheme
two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter expressed in a epigrammatic thought
unrhymed iambic pentameter
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What is the definition of internal rhyme?
rhyming within the line
a line of poetry containing five feet
a line of poetry containing four feet
a pause within a line of verse, indicated in scansion by two vertical lines
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What is the definition of poetic license?
a line of poetry containing five feet
a line containing six feet
a writer’s way to deviate from standards of correctness for artistic effect
a rhyme limited to the stressed last syllable
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What is the definition of hexameter?
a line of poetry containing four feet
a rhyme of two or three syllables, with the stress on the first syllable
rhyming within the line
a line of poetry containing six feet

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