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CSET Elements Of Poetry

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Answer 31 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. dimeter
2 feet
3- lined stanza
4 feet
7 feet

2. Dramatic poetry
2- lined stanza
Short; expresses personal feelings
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
Written to honor the dead

3. Limerick
Short; expresses personal feelings
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
4- lined stanza

4. couplet
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
2- lined stanza
Short; expresses personal feelings
7 feet

5. foot
7 feet
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
5- lined stanza
Short; expresses personal feelings

6. quatrain
4- lined stanza
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
8 feet

7. quintet
3- lined stanza
5- lined stanza
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

8. dactylic (dactyl)

9. pentameter
6 feet
3 feet
5 feet
4 feet

10. tetrameter
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
Written to honor the dead
8- lined stanza
4 feet

11. trochaic (trochee)

12. anapestic (anapest)

13. trimeter
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
5- lined stanza
3 feet
7 feet

14. hexameter
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
6 feet
7 feet

15. septameter
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
7 feet
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
Short; expresses personal feelings

16. Shakespearean Sonnet
4 feet
6- lined stanza
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
2- lined stanza

17. monometer
6 feet
4- lined stanza
Short; expresses personal feelings
1 foot

18. Sonnet
6- lined stanza
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes

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

20. Ballad
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
2 feet
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)

21. sestet
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
6- lined stanza
3- lined stanza
5 feet

22. septet
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
Written to honor the dead
7- lined stanza
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables

23. iambic (iamb)

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

25. Petrarchan Sonnet
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
4- lined stanza

26. spondaic (spondee)

27. triplet or tercet
Written to honor the dead
2 feet
3- lined stanza
5 feet

28. Lyric
Short; expresses personal feelings
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
6 feet

29. Epic

30. octameter
8 feet
6- lined stanza
4- lined stanza
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue

31. elegy
Written to honor the dead
6- lined stanza
Short; expresses personal feelings
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme