Question

Identify the rhythm of the following lines.

From Byron's "The Destruction of Sennacherib":

"The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold
And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold
And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea
When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee."

iamb

trochee

anapest

free verse

Answer 1

The following lines of poetry demonstrate what type of line break?

From "Sequestered Writing" by Carolyn Forché:
"What ghost comes to the bedside whispering You?
-- With its no one without its I --
A dwarf ghost? A closet of empty clothes?
Ours was a ghost who stole household goods. Nothing anyone would miss.
Supper plates. Apples. Barbed wire behind the house."



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Enjambment