128. _Should the voice agree in style with the different varieties
of prose?_
It should, and the performer should endeavor to produce the exact
sentiments of the writer.

129. _What is Poetry?_
A discourse written in verse and metrical language.

130. _What is a Verse?_
A single line of metrical language.

131. _Is it correct to use the term verse in speaking of a
division of prose?_
It is not.

132. _What should we call such division?_
Paragraph or Division.

133. _What is a Stanza?_
A number of metrical lines, or verses, combined according to a
regular system.

134. _How many kinds of metrical language?_
Two.

135. _What are they?_
Rhyme and Blank Verse.

136. _What is Rhyme?_
That language in which the concluding syllables of the verses have
a similarity of sound.

137. _How many kinds of Rhyme?_
Two.

138. _What are they?_
Perfect and imperfect.

139. _What is a Perfect rhyme?_
Where the vowels have the same sound.

140. _What is an Imperfect rhyme?_
Where the vowels have a different sound.

141. _What is Blank Verse?_
A kind of metrical language in which there is no similarity of
sound.

142. _What is the Caesura pause?_
A rhythmic pause occurring in a verse.

143. _How many rules should be observed in the use of the Caesura?_
Three.

144. _Give Rule 1._
The pause should be near the middle of the verse.

145. _Give Rule 2._
It should never divide a word.

146. _Give Rule 3._
Should not separate words from their modifiers, as adjectives from
nouns, adverbs from verbs, etc.

147. _Do all verses have the caesura pause?_
They do if over three feet in length.

148. _What is meant by a Foot in verse?_
A certain portion of a line divided according to accent.

149. _When melody comes in contact with accent, which should yield?_
Accent.

150. _Is there any other rhythmic pause than the Caesura?_
There is; the demi-caesura is sometimes used.

151. _How many kinds of Poetry are there?_
Seven.

152. _What are they?_
Epic, Dramatic, Lyric, Elegiac, Didactic, Satiric and Pastoral.

153. _What is an Epic poem?_
A poetical recital of some great and heroic enterprise.

154. _Are there many Epic poems?_
There are not; most nations have one.

155. _Name the three Epics of greatest note._
Homer's Ilia