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

Garden

Strong Foot

Store
3 What is an Anapest?
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 two unstressed 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 an unstressed syllable and then another stressed syllable.
4 What is an example of an Iamb?
Store

Away

Garden

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

Anapest

Dactyl

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

A metrical foot composed of two stressed syllables.

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.
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?
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?
Letters that should be sung.

Stressed and unstressed syllables.

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 two stressed syllables, so they have a heavy footed rhythm.

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.

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 poet and his father.

The Holy Trinity.

The God of Poetry.
12 "Metrical Feet" was originally included in what?
In Coleridge's literary publication, "The Friend"

Coleridge's first volume of poetry.

A letter.

A school book.
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.

The height of Derwent and his brother.

The length of a line of poetry.

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

The poet's hopes for himself.

The differences between various metrical feet.

Qualities needed to be a good poet.
16 The poem's mood is all of the following EXCEPT?
Affectionate

Humorous

Angry

Fun
17 When Coleridge says Derwent should "delight in the things of earth, water and skies" what does he mean?
He should only consume natural foods.

He should enjoy the natural world.

He should work the land for profit.

He should hunt on land, sea and air.
18 Why is Skiddaw significant in the poem?
It is the highest point in the Europe.

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 was where Coleridge taught his son poetry.
19 The poem alludes to what aspects of Coleridge's philosophy?
His philosophy of poetry as a great money-making scheme.

His philosophy of composition as a dialectic.

His philosophy of only writing short poems.

His philosophy of writing for fun.
20 The poem is written for whose benefit?
Derwent, Coleridge's son.

Sarah, Coleridge's wife.

School children, in general.

William Wordsworth, Coleridge's friend.
21 All of the following are trisyllabic metrical feet EXCEPT what?
Anapest

Dactyl

Amphimacer

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

Education

Poetry

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

Dactyls

Amphimacers

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

The Lake Poets

The Elizabethans

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

Iambs

Trochees

Spondees

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