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CSET Elements Of Poetry

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Answer 31 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. septet
7- lined stanza
3- lined stanza
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme

2. trimeter
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
2 feet
3 feet
4- lined stanza

3. Shakespearean Sonnet
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
7 feet
8 feet
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')

4. Limerick
4- lined stanza
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
Written to honor the dead

5. tetrameter
7- lined stanza
4 feet
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
6 feet

6. triplet or tercet
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
Short; expresses personal feelings
7- lined stanza
3- lined stanza

7. trochaic (trochee)

8. iambic (iamb)

9. Sonnet
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
Short; expresses personal feelings
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')

10. anapestic (anapest)

11. couplet
Written to honor the dead
2- lined stanza
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)

12. monometer
7 feet
4- lined stanza
1 foot
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme

13. Lyric
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
7- lined stanza
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
Short; expresses personal feelings

14. quintet
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
5- lined stanza
6- lined stanza

15. pentameter
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
8- lined stanza
5 feet
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')

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

17. Petrarchan Sonnet
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
Short; expresses personal feelings

18. Haiku
8 feet
3- lined stanza
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
8- lined stanza

19. Ballad
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
5- lined stanza
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
2 feet

20. dimeter
5- lined stanza
3 feet
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
2 feet

21. sestet
6- lined stanza
7- lined stanza
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
2- lined stanza

22. elegy
Written to honor the dead
5 feet
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
3- lined stanza

23. spondaic (spondee)

24. foot
2- lined stanza
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables

25. dactylic (dactyl)

26. Dramatic poetry
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung

27. quatrain
4- lined stanza
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
2 feet
2- lined stanza

28. septameter
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
6 feet
7 feet
4 feet

29. octameter
7- lined stanza
1 foot
8 feet
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful

30. Epic

31. octave
5- lined stanza
8- lined stanza
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
6 feet