CSET Elements Of Poetry

Instructions:

• Answer 31 questions in 15 minutes.
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• Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Sonnet
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
6 feet


2. Shakespearean Sonnet
Written to honor the dead
2 feet
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')


3. iambic (iamb)

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4. quintet
5- lined stanza
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
5 feet


5. foot
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
Short; expresses personal feelings


6. pentameter
4 feet
7 feet
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
5 feet


7. spondaic (spondee)

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8. quatrain
8- lined stanza
5- lined stanza
4- lined stanza
7 feet


9. Haiku
2 feet
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
1 foot
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds


10. Lyric
Short; expresses personal feelings
1 foot
5- lined stanza
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter


11. triplet or tercet
3- lined stanza
5- lined stanza
8 feet
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)


12. Epic

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13. couplet
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
7- lined stanza
4- lined stanza
2- lined stanza


14. septameter
7 feet
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
5 feet


15. hexameter
2- lined stanza
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
6 feet
4- lined stanza


16. tetrameter
4 feet
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)


17. elegy
Written to honor the dead
4- lined stanza
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')


18. dactylic (dactyl)

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19. monometer
8 feet
1 foot
7- lined stanza
Short; expresses personal feelings


20. Ballad
4- lined stanza
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
5- lined stanza
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung


21. octameter
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
8 feet
4 feet
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables


22. trimeter
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
7- lined stanza
3 feet


23. Petrarchan Sonnet
7- lined stanza
3 feet
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes


24. Dramatic poetry
4 feet
8- lined stanza
6- lined stanza
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue


25. dimeter
Written to honor the dead
5 feet
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
2 feet


26. sestet
6- lined stanza
1 foot
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
Written to honor the dead


27. septet
4- lined stanza
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
7- lined stanza
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)


28. octave
8- lined stanza
Written to honor the dead
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
Short; expresses personal feelings


29. anapestic (anapest)

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30. Limerick
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
5 feet
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme


31. trochaic (trochee)

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