Rhyme scheme refers to ____.
A. the pattern of rhymes at the end of the lines in a poem or a poetic stanza
B. the periodic alternation of strong and weak sounds in a poem
C. the recurrence of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poetic line
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In English poetry, trochee refers to the metrical unit in which ____.
A. an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable
B. a stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed syllable
C. a stressed syllable is followed by two unstressed syllable
A pentameter is a line of poetry that has ____ metrical feet in it.
A. four
B. five
C. six
The rhyme scheme of a typical Shakespearean sonnet is ____.
A. abab-cdcd-efef-gg
B. aabb-ccdd-eeff-gg
C. abab-cdcd-eeff-gg
According to the American literary theorist Kenneth Burke, the “four master tropes” are ____.
A. metaphor, simile, metonymy and irony
B. personification, metaphor, synecdoche and irony
C. metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche and irony