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CSET Elements Of Poetry
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cset
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literature
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poetry
Instructions:
Answer 31 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
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