Examples

Question 1

Verse form of sonnet

Answer 1

14lines including a final rhyming couplet
Octave then sestet

Question 2

Metre and rhythm of poem

Answer 2

ABCB DEFE
Regular metre- even lines 5 syllables, odd 8 syllables
Trochaic tetrameter- 4sets of 2 beats- stressed/unstressed- e.g smile a little

Question 3

Metre and rhythm in sonnet

Answer 3

ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
Iambic pentameter each line has 10 syllables e.g…
Iambic foot-unstressed stressed

Question 4

Verse form of poem

Answer 4

4 stanza poem separated into 8 lines- octaves
Trochaic tetrameter- smile a little

Question 5

Example of stress

Answer 5

Smile a little, smile a little (trochaic tetrameter)

Question 6

Example of volume

Answer 6

It’s an ancient tradition!
The lonely country house the guests huddled around the fireside in a darkened room.

Question 7

Example of pace

Answer 7

Even gentle Isobel contributed more ghastly detail.
At first I was amused

Question 8

Example of pitch

Answer 8

He who smiles achieves
Though you meet with loss and sorrow in the passing years

Question 9

Example of inflection

Answer 9

Take your position. Ready? Shall we dance?- rising tone used to ask questions

Question 10

Example of tone

Answer 10

At first I was amused, indulgent but as I sat on, listening in the firelight, I began to feel set apart from them all.

Question 11

Examples of intensity

Answer 11

They told of dripping stone walls in uninhabited castles, and of ivy clad

Question 12

Example of pausing

Answer 12

Smile a little, smile a little, even through your tears