In a small group, answer these questions. Email me the result. One email per group, with a list of group members.
- Which meter is “the norm,” according to Oliver?
- What might other line length convey to readers?
- Do stanzas need lines with an equal number of feet?
- “Rhythm is one of the most powerful of _______ . . .”
- What does giving a word its own line do?
- Is rhythm an absolute? Should it always repeat itself absolutely?
- What is a spondee?
- What is a trochee?
- What are dactyls, anapests, and caesura?
- What is the most important point in the line? The second?
- That is the difference between true and slant rhyme?
- Oliver calls end-stopped lines what?
- What does she call enjambed lines?