Share Poetic Metre
Save to Folder
What is a dactyl?
– ˘ ˘
What is an anapaest?
˘ ˘ –
What is a spondee?
– –
What is an iamb?
˘ –
What is a trochee?
– ˘
Scan these two lines (3 feet per line): Hickory dickory dock, | The mouse ran up the clock.
– ˘ ˘ | – ˘ ˘ | – | ˘ – | ˘ – | ˘ – |
What metre is this? ˘ – | ˘ – | ˘ – | ˘ – | ˘ – |
Iambic pentameter
What metre is this? ˘ ˘ – | ˘ ˘ – | ˘ ˘ – | ˘ ˘ – |
Anapestic tetrameter
What metre is this? – ˘ ˘ | – ˘ ˘ | – ˘ ˘ | – ˘ ˘ |
Dactylic tetrameter
What metre is this? – ˘ | – ˘ | – ˘ | – ˘ | – ˘ | – ˘ |
Trochaic hexameter
Scan this line: I wandered lonely as a cloud
˘ – | ˘ – | ˘ – | ˘ – |
What is the metre of these two lines? Forests growing underwater | Press against the things we know
Trochaic tetrameter
Scan this line (4 feet): When my mother died I was very young
˘ ˘ – | ˘ – | ˘ ˘ – | ˘ – |
What is the metre of this line? If music be the food of love, play on
Iambic pentameter
Scan these two lines: Sorrow like a ceaseless rain | Beats upon my heart
– ˘ | – ˘ | – ˘ | – | – ˘ | – ˘ | – |
Scan this line: 'Cause they feed me the fuel that I need for the fire to burn
˘ ˘ – | ˘ ˘ – | ˘ ˘ – | ˘ ˘ – | ˘ ˘ – |
