Metrical Feet (Coleridge poem) Quizzes

Metrical Feet (Coleridge poem) Quiz

1 What is a Spondee?
A metrical foot composed of two unstressed 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 stressed syllables.
2 What is an example of a Trochee?
Garden

Store

Away

Strong Foot
3 What is an Anapest?
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.

A trisyllabic foot composed of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables
4 What is an example of an Iamb?
Store

Garden

Strong Foot

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

Amphimacer

Anapest

Ampyhbrach
6 What is a Dactyl?
A trisyllabic metrical foot composed of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable.

A metrical foot composed of one unstressed syllable 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 mountain in England's Lake district

A famous Scottish castle

An archaic term for "Heaven"

A mountaintop from Greek mythology
8 To be a poet crowned with fame, Derwent must be all of the following EXCEPT what?
Frugal and shrewd

Delight in the things of earth, water, and skies

Tender hearted

Innocent, steady and wise
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"?
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.

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

The word "Spondee" derives from an old English word meaning "heavy of foot"
11 The word "Father" in the poem is used to specifically refer to who or what?
The poet and God.

The Holy Trinity.

The poet and his father.

The God of Poetry.
12 "Metrical Feet" was originally included in what?
A school book.

A letter.

Coleridge's first volume of poetry.

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

Rhyming couplets

Iambic pentameter

Blank verse
14 What do the words "long" and "short" refer to in the poem?
The length of a line of poetry.

The height of Derwent and his brother.

Stressed and unstressed syllables.

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

The poet's hopes for himself.

Qualities needed to be a good poet.

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

Angry

Affectionate

Humorous
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 only consume natural foods.

He should enjoy the natural world.

He should hunt on land, sea and air.
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 where Coleridge taught his son poetry.

It was a fabled mountain from an Arabic poem.

It is the highest point in the Europe.
19 The poem alludes to what aspects of Coleridge's philosophy?
His philosophy of only writing short poems.

His philosophy of writing for fun.

His philosophy of composition as a dialectic.

His philosophy of poetry as a great money-making scheme.
20 The poem is written for whose benefit?
Derwent, Coleridge's son.

William Wordsworth, Coleridge's friend.

School children, in general.

Sarah, Coleridge's wife.
21 All of the following are trisyllabic metrical feet EXCEPT what?
Amphimacer

Anapest

Dactyl

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

Politics

Poetry

Fatherly Love
23 Which metrical foot throngs "with a leap and a bound"?
Dactyls

Amphimacers

Iambs

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

Fluxus

The Modernists

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

Amphibrachs

Spondees

Trochees

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