Metrical Feet (Coleridge poem) Quizzes

Metrical Feet (Coleridge poem) Quiz

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

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 two stressed syllables.
2 What is an example of a Trochee?
Store

Garden

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 two unstressed syllables

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?
Garden

Store

Strong Foot

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

Anapest

Amphimacer

Dactyl
6 What is a Dactyl?
A metrical foot composed of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed 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 metrical foot composed of two stressed syllables.
7 "Skiddaw" is what?
A famous Scottish castle

A mountaintop from Greek mythology

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?
Frugal and shrewd

Tender hearted

Delight in the things of earth, water, and skies

Innocent, steady and wise
9 The marks atop the words in the first half of the poem show what?
The speed at which the poem should be read.

Letters that should be sung.

Stressed and unstressed syllables.

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

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 Holy Trinity.

The poet and his father.

The God of Poetry.

The poet and God.
12 "Metrical Feet" was originally included in what?
Coleridge's first volume of poetry.

In Coleridge's literary publication, "The Friend"

A letter.

A school book.
13 The poem is poetically composed with which of the following?
Iambic pentameter

Rhyming couplets

Haiku

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

Vowel lengths.

Stressed and unstressed syllables.

The length of a line of poetry.
15 The poem conveys all the following EXCEPT what?
The differences between various metrical feet.

The poet's hopes for himself.

Qualities needed to be a good poet.

The poet's affection for his son.
16 The poem's mood is all of the following EXCEPT?
Fun

Angry

Humorous

Affectionate
17 When Coleridge says Derwent should "delight in the things of earth, water and skies" what does he mean?
He should hunt on land, sea and air.

He should enjoy the natural world.

He should work the land for profit.

He should only consume natural foods.
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 only writing short poems.

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

His philosophy of composition as a dialectic.

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

William Wordsworth, Coleridge's friend.

School children, in general.

Derwent, Coleridge's son.
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?
Poetry

Fatherly Love

Education

Politics
23 Which metrical foot throngs "with a leap and a bound"?
Iambs

Anapests

Dactyls

Amphimacers
24 Which poetic group were both Coleridge and Skiddaw associated with?
Fluxus

The Modernists

The Lake Poets

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

Spondees

Trochees

Iambs

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