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 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

Away

Garden

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 stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables

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

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

Store

Away

Strong Foot
5 The line "first and last" is an example of which metrical foot?
Anapest

Dactyl

Amphimacer

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

A metrical foot composed of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable.
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?
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?
A hidden message in a coded language.

Letters that should be sung.

Stressed and unstressed syllables.

The speed at which the poem should be read.
10 Why does Coleridge call a Spondee "strong foot"?
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"

Spondees are composed of three stressed syllables, so they make a heavy-footed sound.

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 God of Poetry.

The Holy Trinity.

The poet and God.

The poet and his father.
12 "Metrical Feet" was originally included in what?
In Coleridge's literary publication, "The Friend"

A letter.

A school book.

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

Rhyming couplets

Blank verse

Haiku
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.

Vowel lengths.

Stressed and unstressed syllables.
15 The poem conveys all the following EXCEPT what?
Qualities needed to be a good poet.

The differences between various metrical feet.

The poet's hopes for himself.

The poet's affection for his son.
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 enjoy the natural world.

He should hunt on land, sea and air.

He should only consume natural foods.

He should work the land for profit.
18 Why is Skiddaw significant in the poem?
It was where Coleridge taught his son poetry.

It is the highest point in the Europe.

It was a fabled mountain from an Arabic poem.

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 composition as a dialectic.

His philosophy of only writing short poems.

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

His philosophy of writing for fun.
20 The poem is written for whose benefit?
William Wordsworth, Coleridge's friend.

Derwent, Coleridge's son.

School children, in general.

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

Amphimacer

Spondee

Anapest
22 Which is NOT a theme found in the poem?
Politics

Poetry

Fatherly Love

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

Anapests

Dactyls

Iambs
24 Which poetic group were both Coleridge and Skiddaw associated with?
The Lake Poets

The Modernists

The Elizabethans

Fluxus
25 Which well-known metrical foot marches from "short to long"?
Amphibrachs

Iambs

Spondees

Trochees

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