CSET Elements Of Poetry

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• Answer 31 questions in 15 minutes.
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• Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Dramatic poetry
3- lined stanza
7- lined stanza
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
8- lined stanza


2. elegy
Written to honor the dead
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
5- lined stanza
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')


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


4. anapestic (anapest)

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5. spondaic (spondee)

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6. dimeter
2 feet
3 feet
8 feet
5 feet


7. dactylic (dactyl)

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8. couplet
2- lined stanza
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
7 feet


9. trimeter
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
4- lined stanza
3 feet


10. Sonnet
4- lined stanza
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
5 feet


11. Shakespearean Sonnet
7 feet
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
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


12. sestet
6- lined stanza
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
4- lined stanza


13. septet
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
7- lined stanza
Written to honor the dead
4 feet


14. octameter
8 feet
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
8- lined stanza
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful


15. pentameter
5 feet
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
8- lined stanza


16. Limerick
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
5- lined stanza
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
6- lined stanza


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


18. triplet or tercet
8 feet
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
3- lined stanza


19. Ballad
4 feet
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung


20. Haiku
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
3- lined stanza
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue


21. foot
2- lined stanza
2 feet
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables


22. quatrain
4- lined stanza
2 feet
6 feet
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung


23. hexameter
6 feet
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
8 feet
1 foot


24. Epic

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25. Lyric
7- lined stanza
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
Short; expresses personal feelings
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter


26. trochaic (trochee)

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


28. tetrameter
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
3 feet
4 feet
8- lined stanza


29. quintet
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
5- lined stanza
6- lined stanza


30. iambic (iamb)

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31. monometer
2 feet
5 feet
1 foot
2- lined stanza