Metrical Feet (Coleridge poem) Quizzes

Metrical Feet (Coleridge poem) Quiz

1 What is a Spondee?
A metrical foot composed of one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.

A metrical foot composed of two stressed syllables.

A metrical foot composed of two unstressed syllables.

A metrical foot composed of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable.
2 What is an example of a Trochee?
Store

Strong Foot

Garden

Away
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?
Strong Foot

Store

Away

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

Anapest

Amphimacer

Ampyhbrach
6 What is a Dactyl?
A metrical foot composed of two stressed syllables.

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

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

A metrical foot composed of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable.
7 "Skiddaw" is what?
An archaic term for "Heaven"

A mountaintop from Greek mythology

A famous Scottish castle

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

Tender hearted

Frugal and shrewd

Delight in the things of earth, water, and skies
9 The marks atop the words in the first half of the poem show what?
The speed at which the poem should be read.

Stressed and unstressed syllables.

Letters that should be sung.

A hidden message in a coded language.
10 Why does Coleridge call a Spondee "strong foot"?
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.

Spondees are composed of three stressed syllables, so they make a heavy-footed sound.
11 The word "Father" in the poem is used to specifically refer to who or what?
The God of Poetry.

The Holy Trinity.

The poet and God.

The poet and his father.
12 "Metrical Feet" was originally included in what?
A school book.

In Coleridge's literary publication, "The Friend"

A letter.

Coleridge's first volume of poetry.
13 The poem is poetically composed with which of the following?
Iambic pentameter

Blank verse

Haiku

Rhyming couplets
14 What do the words "long" and "short" refer to in the poem?
Stressed and unstressed syllables.

Vowel lengths.

The length of a line of poetry.

The height of Derwent and his brother.
15 The poem conveys all the following EXCEPT what?
The poet's hopes for himself.

Qualities needed to be a good poet.

The poet's affection for his son.

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

Affectionate

Fun

Angry
17 When Coleridge says Derwent should "delight in the things of earth, water and skies" what does he mean?
He should enjoy the natural world.

He should hunt on land, sea and air.

He should work the land for profit.

He should only consume natural foods.
18 Why is Skiddaw significant in the poem?
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.

It was a real mountain that Coleridge and his son both knew in a part of England with literary significance.
19 The poem alludes to what aspects of Coleridge's philosophy?
His philosophy of writing for fun.

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

His philosophy of composition as a dialectic.

His philosophy of only writing short poems.
20 The poem is written for whose benefit?
School children, in general.

William Wordsworth, Coleridge's friend.

Sarah, Coleridge's wife.

Derwent, Coleridge's son.
21 All of the following are trisyllabic metrical feet EXCEPT what?
Anapest

Amphimacer

Dactyl

Spondee
22 Which is NOT a theme found in the poem?
Education

Fatherly Love

Politics

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

Anapests

Iambs

Dactyls
24 Which poetic group were both Coleridge and Skiddaw associated with?
The Elizabethans

The Lake Poets

Fluxus

The Modernists
25 Which well-known metrical foot marches from "short to long"?
Spondees

Amphibrachs

Iambs

Trochees

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