ENGL 216 TRAINING STUDY SHEET 2026
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉Trochaic. Answer: / u (stressed, unstressed)
garden, highway
◉Spondaic. Answer: // (stressed, stressed)
bookmark, handshake
◉Dactylic. Answer: /UU (stressed, unstressed, unstressed)
poetry
◉Anapestic. Answer: U// (unstressed, unstressed, stressed)
understand, contradict
◉free verse. Answer: Poetry that does not have a regular meter or
rhyme scheme
◉epic poetry. Answer: -poetry celebrating the deeds of some hero
-used by Homer and Greco-Roman poets
, ◉Epistolary poems. Answer: -written and read as letters
-form developed in ancient times
◉Ballad. Answer: -14th C and 15th C
-follows a rhyme scheme and meter, tells stories
-love, death, and religion
-modern ballads put to music
◉elegy. Answer: -Mourning poems written in three parts: lament,
praise for the deceased, solace for loss
◉Odes. Answer: -evolved from songs to the typical poem of the
Romantic time period
-expressing strong feelings and contemplative thoughts
◉pastoral poem. Answer: idealize nature and country living
◉Epigrams. Answer: memorable rhymes with one or two lines
◉Limericks. Answer: humorous, rhyming, five-line poems with a
specific rhythm pattern and rhyme scheme
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉Trochaic. Answer: / u (stressed, unstressed)
garden, highway
◉Spondaic. Answer: // (stressed, stressed)
bookmark, handshake
◉Dactylic. Answer: /UU (stressed, unstressed, unstressed)
poetry
◉Anapestic. Answer: U// (unstressed, unstressed, stressed)
understand, contradict
◉free verse. Answer: Poetry that does not have a regular meter or
rhyme scheme
◉epic poetry. Answer: -poetry celebrating the deeds of some hero
-used by Homer and Greco-Roman poets
, ◉Epistolary poems. Answer: -written and read as letters
-form developed in ancient times
◉Ballad. Answer: -14th C and 15th C
-follows a rhyme scheme and meter, tells stories
-love, death, and religion
-modern ballads put to music
◉elegy. Answer: -Mourning poems written in three parts: lament,
praise for the deceased, solace for loss
◉Odes. Answer: -evolved from songs to the typical poem of the
Romantic time period
-expressing strong feelings and contemplative thoughts
◉pastoral poem. Answer: idealize nature and country living
◉Epigrams. Answer: memorable rhymes with one or two lines
◉Limericks. Answer: humorous, rhyming, five-line poems with a
specific rhythm pattern and rhyme scheme
