1) Identify the rhythm of the following lines.

From Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven":

"Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December;

And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor."

Possible answers

iamb

trochee

anapest

free verse

2) Identify the rhythm of the following lines.

From "Water Music" by Robert Creeley:

"The words are a beautiful music.

The words bounce like in water.

Water music,

loud in the clearing

iamb

trochee

anapest

free verse

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Gerald Boone

English

12 May, 03:33

1) Identify the rhythm of the following lines.

From Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven":

"Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December;

And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor."

Possible answers

iamb

trochee

anapest

free verse

2) Identify the rhythm of the following lines.

From "Water Music" by Robert Creeley:

"The words are a beautiful music.

The words bounce like in water.

Water music,

loud in the clearing

iamb

trochee

anapest

free verse

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Ronnie Casey · Answer 1

1. "Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December;

And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor."

- this is a trochee, which means that the first syllable is stressed, and then followed by an unstressed syllable: ah (stressed) dis - (unstressed) tinct - (stressed) - ly (unstressed), etc.

2. The other poem is written in free verse, which means that it doesn't follow any rules when it comes to rhymes, stanzas, verses, etc.