Think you’ve got your head wrapped around The Broken Heart? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. What are the poem's stanzas also known as?
sestets
octaves
quatrains
sections
Q. What is the poem's metrical foot?
trochee
iamb
spondee
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Q. Which sonic technique is evident in the line "By him, as by chain'd shot, whole ranks do die" (15)?
consonance
assonance
alliteration
autotune
Q. What meter is present in the line "Ah, what a trifle is a heart" (9)?
iambic trimeter
iambic pentameter
iambic tetrameter
lambic altimeter
Q. What kind of rhyme is used in this poem?
blank rhyme
end rhyme
slight rhyme
eye rhyme