These are the titles / pairs
Tell me not, in mournful numbers" (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “A Psalm of Life”): pentameter (five feet)
"That I may rise and stand, o’er throw me, and bend" (John Donne, Holy Sonnet 14): tetrameter (four feet)
"I stand, and look,
And stoop, and drink" (Thomas Hardy, “The Robin”): diameter (two feet)
"Nor any other wold like Cotswold euer sped,
So faire and rich a Vale by fortuning to wed." (Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion: “The Fourteenth Song”): hexameter (six feet)
"Give crowns and pounds and guineas
But not your heart away;" (A. E. Housman, “A Shropshire Lad” XIII): trimeter (three feet)
How to pair them
Diameter (two feet): Thomas Hardy's excerpt "I stand, and look, And stoop, and drink" features two feet per line, typically alternating stressed and unstressed syllables.
Trimeter (three feet): A. E. Housman's lines "Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away;" follow a trimeter structure, containing three feet in each line, maintaining a specific rhythmic pattern.
Tetrameter (four feet): John Donne's line "That I may rise and stand, o’er throw me, and bend" consists of four feet per line, showcasing a rhythmic pattern with four units of stressed and unstressed syllables.
Pentameter (five feet): Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's excerpt "Tell me not, in mournful numbers" adheres to a pentameter structure, containing five feet per line, maintaining a consistent rhythm throughout.
Hexameter (six feet): Michael Drayton's lines "Nor any other wold like Cotswold euer sped, So faire and rich a Vale by fortuning to wed" are hexameter, featuring six feet per line, presenting a specific rhythmic arrangement within each line of verse.
Question
Drag the tiles to the correct boxes to complete the pairs.
Determine the correct number of feet per line in each of the excerpts.
Tell me not, in mournful numbers
(Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “A Psalm of Life”)
That I may rise and stand, o’er throw me, and bend
(John Donne, Holy Sonnet 14)
I stand, and look,
And stoop, and drink
(Thomas Hardy, “The Robin”)
Nor any other wold like Cotswold euer sped,
So faire and rich a Vale by fortuning to wed.
(Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion: “The Fourteenth Song”)
Give crowns and pounds and guineas
But not your heart away;
(A. E. Housman, “A Shropshire Lad” XIII)
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trimeter (three feet)
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hexameter (six feet)
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