Question

Match the term to the correct definition.

Answer 1

Answer:

1. stanza: group of lines in a poem

2. vernacular: common or everyday language

3. trochee: two syllable meter with the accent on the second syllable

4. meter: beat or rhythm of poetry

5. iamb: two syllable meter with the accent on the first syllable

Explanation:

1. stanza: a group of lines in a poem

A stanza is known to be part of a poem, often in two or more lines. It is normally depicted with a separate spacing from other stanza or indented. It may contain metrical lengths and regular rhymes

2. vernacular: common or everyday language.

Vernacular is a local variation of the standard language. It is spoken without following the standard rule of a language. It can be termed as a dialect.

3. trochee: two-syllable meter with the accent on the second syllable

This is a two-syllable foot that starts with a long syllable and is followed by a short syllable.

4. meter: beat or rhythm of poetry

This is considered as the fundamental of a rhythmic structure of a line. It is utilized in a poem. A line of meter contains five iambs in a pattern of long or short syllables.

5. iamb: two-syllable meter with the accent on the first syllable

This contains two syllables which start with a short syllable and them followed by a long syllable.