Quatrain exercise in meter and rhyme scheme Name:___________________________Blk:___
(1) Underline the rhyming words in the following quatrain. (A quatrain is a four line
stanza in a poem or line of verse).
(2) Then, assign a letter of the alphabet, starting with a, to each rhymed sound at the end
of a line. Write the letter assigned to the sound at the end of each line.
(3) Write the rhyme scheme on the lines at the bottom of the quatrain.
(4) Place stressed ( ) and unstressed ( ) marks over the appropriate rhythm patterns, or
beats, of the quatrain selection.
(5) Count the number of iambic feet (one unstressed, and one stressed, this beat equals 1
iambic foot). Place the number of iambic feet in the line, at the end of the line.
(6) After numbering the iambic feet, refer to the table on the meter sheet to name each
line. Write the name.
Rhyme letter
Iambic feet
This is my Let ter to the World
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That ne ver wrote to Me-
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The sim ple News that na ture told- ____
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With ten der Ma je sty.
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-Emily Dickinson, from “This is my letter to the World”
Rhyme scheme_____ _____ _____ _____
Name of line 1_____________________
Name of line 2_____________________
Name of line 3_____________________
Name of line 4_____________________