Metrical Feet (Coleridge poem) Quizzes

Metrical Feet (Coleridge poem) Quiz

1 What is a Spondee?
A metrical foot composed of two stressed syllables.

A metrical foot composed of one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.

A metrical foot composed of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable.

A metrical foot composed of two unstressed syllables.
2 What is an example of a Trochee?
Away

Store

Garden

Strong Foot
3 What is an Anapest?
A trisyllabic foot composed of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables

A trisyllabic metrical foot composed of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable.

A trisyllabic foot composed of one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable and then another unstressed syllable.

A trisyllabic foot composed of one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable and then another stressed syllable.
4 What is an example of an Iamb?
Away

Strong Foot

Store

Garden
5 The line "first and last" is an example of which metrical foot?
Amphimacer

Dactyl

Ampyhbrach

Anapest
6 What is a Dactyl?
A metrical foot composed of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable.

A trisyllabic metrical foot composed of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable.

A metrical foot composed of two stressed syllables.

A trisyllabic foot composed of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables
7 "Skiddaw" is what?
A mountaintop from Greek mythology

A famous Scottish castle

An archaic term for "Heaven"

A mountain in England's Lake district
8 To be a poet crowned with fame, Derwent must be all of the following EXCEPT what?
Tender hearted

Frugal and shrewd

Innocent, steady and wise

Delight in the things of earth, water, and skies
9 The marks atop the words in the first half of the poem show what?
Stressed and unstressed syllables.

Letters that should be sung.

A hidden message in a coded language.

The speed at which the poem should be read.
10 Why does Coleridge call a Spondee "strong foot"?
Spondees are composed of three stressed syllables, so they make a heavy-footed sound.

The word "Spondee" derives from an old English word meaning "heavy of foot"

Spondees are composed of two stressed syllables, so they have a heavy footed rhythm.

The word "Spondee" derives from a special military march, in which soldiers walk heavily.
11 The word "Father" in the poem is used to specifically refer to who or what?
The poet and God.

The God of Poetry.

The poet and his father.

The Holy Trinity.
12 "Metrical Feet" was originally included in what?
A school book.

Coleridge's first volume of poetry.

A letter.

In Coleridge's literary publication, "The Friend"
13 The poem is poetically composed with which of the following?
Haiku

Rhyming couplets

Blank verse

Iambic pentameter
14 What do the words "long" and "short" refer to in the poem?
The height of Derwent and his brother.

The length of a line of poetry.

Stressed and unstressed syllables.

Vowel lengths.
15 The poem conveys all the following EXCEPT what?
The poet's affection for his son.

Qualities needed to be a good poet.

The poet's hopes for himself.

The differences between various metrical feet.
16 The poem's mood is all of the following EXCEPT?
Humorous

Angry

Fun

Affectionate
17 When Coleridge says Derwent should "delight in the things of earth, water and skies" what does he mean?
He should work the land for profit.

He should hunt on land, sea and air.

He should enjoy the natural world.

He should only consume natural foods.
18 Why is Skiddaw significant in the poem?
It was a real mountain that Coleridge and his son both knew in a part of England with literary significance.

It was a fabled mountain from an Arabic poem.

It is the highest point in the Europe.

It was where Coleridge taught his son poetry.
19 The poem alludes to what aspects of Coleridge's philosophy?
His philosophy of composition as a dialectic.

His philosophy of writing for fun.

His philosophy of poetry as a great money-making scheme.

His philosophy of only writing short poems.
20 The poem is written for whose benefit?
Sarah, Coleridge's wife.

Derwent, Coleridge's son.

William Wordsworth, Coleridge's friend.

School children, in general.
21 All of the following are trisyllabic metrical feet EXCEPT what?
Anapest

Amphimacer

Spondee

Dactyl
22 Which is NOT a theme found in the poem?
Fatherly Love

Poetry

Politics

Education
23 Which metrical foot throngs "with a leap and a bound"?
Amphimacers

Dactyls

Iambs

Anapests
24 Which poetic group were both Coleridge and Skiddaw associated with?
The Modernists

The Elizabethans

Fluxus

The Lake Poets
25 Which well-known metrical foot marches from "short to long"?
Amphibrachs

Spondees

Trochees

Iambs

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