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CSET Elements Of Poetry

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1. Dramatic poetry
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
8- lined stanza
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
5- lined stanza

2. quintet
Written to honor the dead
4- lined stanza
5- lined stanza
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme

3. octave
4 feet
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
5- lined stanza
8- lined stanza

4. dactylic (dactyl)

5. monometer
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
Written to honor the dead
3 feet
1 foot

6. trimeter
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
3 feet
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds

7. Lyric
8 feet
1 foot
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
Short; expresses personal feelings

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

9. Sonnet
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
6- lined stanza
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes

10. trochaic (trochee)

11. septameter
7 feet
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
4 feet
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)

12. triplet or tercet
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
5 feet
3- lined stanza
7 feet

13. iambic (iamb)

14. Epic

15. elegy
8- lined stanza
Written to honor the dead
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')

16. spondaic (spondee)

17. octameter
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
8 feet
3 feet
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful

18. sestet
2 feet
6- lined stanza
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
2- lined stanza

19. anapestic (anapest)

20. couplet
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
2- lined stanza
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
Written to honor the dead

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

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

23. hexameter
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
3- lined stanza
6 feet

24. quatrain
1 foot
4- lined stanza
3- lined stanza
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)

25. Haiku
7- lined stanza
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')

26. tetrameter
4 feet
2 feet
Short; expresses personal feelings
6 feet

27. foot
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
4 feet
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
4- lined stanza

28. pentameter
8 feet
6 feet
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
5 feet

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

30. Ballad
5- lined stanza
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
6 feet

31. Limerick
1 foot
8 feet
Written to honor the dead
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme