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CSET Elements Of Poetry

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Answer 31 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. sestet
6- lined stanza
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue

2. elegy
1 foot
Written to honor the dead
8 feet
7 feet

3. dactylic (dactyl)

4. septet
4 feet
Written to honor the dead
7- lined stanza
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme

5. trochaic (trochee)

6. trimeter
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
6- lined stanza
3 feet
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung

7. quintet
5- lined stanza
4- lined stanza
8- lined stanza
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue

8. pentameter
3 feet
5 feet
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
Short; expresses personal feelings

9. Limerick
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
3- lined stanza
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme

10. septameter
5 feet
8- lined stanza
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
7 feet

11. spondaic (spondee)

12. Epic

13. octameter
5 feet
8 feet
1 foot
4- lined stanza

14. Sonnet
3- lined stanza
8 feet
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
Written to honor the dead

15. dimeter
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
2 feet
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
5- lined stanza

16. foot
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
3 feet
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes

17. Dramatic poetry
3- lined stanza
2- lined stanza
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
2 feet

18. couplet
1 foot
4- lined stanza
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
2- lined stanza

19. tetrameter
4 feet
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
Written to honor the dead
2 feet

20. Petrarchan Sonnet
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
3 feet
4- lined stanza
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds

21. Shakespearean Sonnet
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
8- lined stanza
3- lined stanza

22. Ballad
8- lined stanza
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables

23. iambic (iamb)

24. anapestic (anapest)

25. monometer
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
2 feet
4- lined stanza
1 foot

26. quatrain
4- lined stanza
8 feet
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
7 feet

27. octave
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
8- lined stanza
2 feet
8 feet

28. hexameter
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
8- lined stanza
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
6 feet

29. Lyric
5 feet
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
Short; expresses personal feelings
2 feet

30. triplet or tercet
3- lined stanza
4- lined stanza
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
2 feet

31. Haiku
6- lined stanza
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme