Question

1) Drag and drop the terms with their correct definitions.


the voice of the poem, which may or may not reflect the poet's point of view


the pattern of rhythm and sound in a poem


the rhythmical pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem


poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme


poetry that has a regular meter


fragments created when two or more lines of poetry are used to express one complete thought



Choices
prosody
blank verse
speaker
meter
enjambment
free verse



2) Read the poem then examine the prosody of the poem.
"All Day I Hear"
By James Joyce

All day I hear the noise of waters
Making moan,
Sad as the sea-bird is when, going
Forth alone,
He hears the winds cry to the water's
Monotone.

The grey winds, the cold winds are blowing
Where I go.
I hear the noise of many waters
Far below.
All day, all night, I hear them flowing
To and fro.

True or false. This poem has a regular meter.



True

False

Answer 1

1)
- the voice of the poem, which may or may not reflect the poet's point of view — speaker
- the pattern of rhythm and sound in a poem — prosody
- the rhythmical pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem — meter
- poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme — free verse
- poetry that has a regular meter — blank verse
- fragments created when two or more lines of poetry are used to express one complete thought — enjambment

2) False.
The lines do not follow a single consistent metrical pattern or regular stress scheme, so the poem does not have a regular meter.