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CSET Elements Of Poetry

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1. trochaic (trochee)

2. elegy
7- lined stanza
6 feet
Written to honor the dead
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')

3. Haiku
7- lined stanza
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
3 feet
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful

4. triplet or tercet
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
4- lined stanza
3- lined stanza

5. sestet
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
1 foot
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
6- lined stanza

6. pentameter
5- lined stanza
5 feet
3 feet
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme

7. Ballad
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
3- lined stanza

8. Dramatic poetry
2- lined stanza
4- lined stanza
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
5 feet

9. Sonnet
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
2- lined stanza
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter

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

11. Lyric
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
Short; expresses personal feelings
Written to honor the dead

12. tetrameter
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
4 feet

13. Petrarchan Sonnet
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
5 feet
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
6- lined stanza

14. Limerick
8 feet
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
5 feet
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')

15. foot
6 feet
4 feet
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables

16. Shakespearean Sonnet
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
Short; expresses personal feelings
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
8- lined stanza

17. anapestic (anapest)

18. quatrain
4- lined stanza
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
7 feet

19. octave
4- lined stanza
1 foot
8- lined stanza
3- lined stanza

20. septet
7- lined stanza
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
8- lined stanza
2- lined stanza

21. Epic

22. hexameter
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
6 feet

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

24. trimeter
1 foot
3 feet
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
8 feet

25. dimeter
2 feet
8 feet
4- lined stanza
5 feet

26. septameter
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
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
7 feet

27. octameter
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
6- lined stanza
6 feet
8 feet

28. quintet
2 feet
3 feet
5- lined stanza
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme

29. spondaic (spondee)

30. iambic (iamb)

31. dactylic (dactyl)