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CSET Elements Of Poetry

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1. hexameter
5 feet
6 feet
Written to honor the dead
1 foot

2. triplet or tercet
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
5- lined stanza
3- lined stanza
Written to honor the dead

3. foot
4 feet
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
Written to honor the dead

4. septet
6- lined stanza
7- lined stanza
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme

5. Haiku
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
5- lined stanza
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful

6. Dramatic poetry
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
Written to honor the dead
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')

7. Epic

8. septameter
7 feet
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
2- lined stanza
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter

9. trimeter
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
3 feet
7- lined stanza
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme

10. elegy
3- lined stanza
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
Written to honor the dead
4 feet

11. Limerick
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
7 feet

12. Lyric
Short; expresses personal feelings
7- lined stanza
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
4- lined stanza

13. Petrarchan Sonnet
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
5 feet
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
1 foot

14. pentameter
5 feet
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
1 foot

15. octameter
8 feet
4 feet
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables

16. couplet
6 feet
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
8 feet
2- lined stanza

17. Shakespearean Sonnet
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
5- lined stanza
6 feet

18. anapestic (anapest)

19. spondaic (spondee)

20. sestet
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
6- lined stanza
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter

21. octave
8- lined stanza
7- lined stanza
8 feet
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)

22. monometer
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
7- lined stanza
1 foot

23. quatrain
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
4 feet
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
4- lined stanza

24. trochaic (trochee)

25. quintet
5 feet
5- lined stanza
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')

26. iambic (iamb)

27. Ballad
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
Written to honor the dead
4- lined stanza

28. tetrameter
5 feet
5- lined stanza
2 feet
4 feet

29. dactylic (dactyl)

30. dimeter
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
2 feet
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
2- lined stanza

31. Sonnet
5 feet
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful