Using the method of scansion, match each poetry excerpt to the correct rhythm and meter. trochaic octameter (The foot has a

stressed syllable followed by an

unstressed syllable. This pattern

repeats eight times in each line.)

iambic pentameter (The foot has

an unstressed syllable followed by

a stressed syllable. This pattern

repeats five times in each line.)

iambic heptameter (The foot has

an unstressed syllable followed

by a stressed syllable. This pattern

repeats seven times in each line.)

dactylic tetrameter (The foot has a

stressed syllable followed by two

unstressed syllables. This pattern

repeats four times in each line.)

O could I feel as I have felt, or be what I have been

(Lord Byron, "Youth and Age")

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Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary

(Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven")

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