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CSET Elements Of Poetry

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Answer 31 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Limerick
3 feet
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
2 feet

2. sestet
6 feet
6- lined stanza
7- lined stanza
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')

3. iambic (iamb)

4. dactylic (dactyl)

5. trimeter
1 foot
Short; expresses personal feelings
8- lined stanza
3 feet

6. foot
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes

7. septameter
7- lined stanza
7 feet
2- lined stanza
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung

8. elegy
Written to honor the dead
8 feet
6 feet
4 feet

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

10. octave
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
8- lined stanza
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds

11. quintet
7- lined stanza
5- lined stanza
6 feet
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme

12. Epic

13. Petrarchan Sonnet
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
1 foot
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
6- lined stanza

14. Haiku
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
1 foot

15. Sonnet
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
4- lined stanza
6 feet
Short; expresses personal feelings

16. anapestic (anapest)

17. spondaic (spondee)

18. Shakespearean Sonnet
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
4- lined stanza
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue

19. quatrain
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
4 feet
4- lined stanza

20. Lyric
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
8 feet
Short; expresses personal feelings

21. monometer
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
7 feet
1 foot
5- lined stanza

22. pentameter
5 feet
8 feet
5- lined stanza
2- lined stanza

23. octameter
8 feet
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
Written to honor the dead
7- lined stanza

24. couplet
3 feet
2- lined stanza
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
Short; expresses personal feelings

25. tetrameter
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
4 feet
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme

26. Dramatic poetry
7- lined stanza
1 foot
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
4- lined stanza

27. dimeter
2 feet
7- lined stanza
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)

28. septet
7- lined stanza
8 feet
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
3 feet

29. Ballad
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
Written to honor the dead
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
6- lined stanza

30. trochaic (trochee)

31. triplet or tercet
7 feet
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
8 feet
3- lined stanza