CSET Elements Of Poetry

Instructions:

• Answer 31 questions in 15 minutes.
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• Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. spondaic (spondee)

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2. trochaic (trochee)

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3. octave
2 feet
8- lined stanza
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
3- lined stanza


4. Sonnet
2- lined stanza
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes


5. dimeter
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
2 feet
6 feet
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung


6. hexameter
6 feet
4 feet
Short; expresses personal feelings
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme


7. Limerick
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
1 foot
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung


8. foot
2- lined stanza
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables


9. quatrain
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
4- lined stanza


10. triplet or tercet
6 feet
3- lined stanza
4 feet
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)


11. Ballad
8- lined stanza
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
3- lined stanza


12. monometer
Written to honor the dead
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
1 foot
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')


13. tetrameter
6 feet
Short; expresses personal feelings
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
4 feet


14. pentameter
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
3 feet
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
5 feet


15. Epic

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16. sestet
6- lined stanza
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
Short; expresses personal feelings
4 feet


17. septet
7- lined stanza
2- lined stanza
Short; expresses personal feelings
8- lined stanza


18. elegy
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
2- lined stanza
Written to honor the dead


19. dactylic (dactyl)

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20. Lyric
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
6- lined stanza
Short; expresses personal feelings
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')


21. trimeter
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
3 feet


22. Shakespearean Sonnet
Written to honor the dead
2 feet
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
5 feet


23. septameter
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
7 feet
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful


24. quintet
5- lined stanza
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
8 feet
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')


25. iambic (iamb)

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26. Petrarchan Sonnet
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
8- lined stanza
7 feet
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')


27. couplet
2- lined stanza
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
4- lined stanza
7- lined stanza


28. octameter
7 feet
1 foot
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
8 feet


29. Dramatic poetry
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
5- lined stanza
6- lined stanza
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)


30. anapestic (anapest)

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31. Haiku
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
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