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CSET Elements Of Poetry

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1. quatrain
3 feet
2 feet
8 feet
4- lined stanza

2. octameter
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
4- lined stanza
8 feet

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

4. couplet
6- lined stanza
2- lined stanza
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
4- lined stanza

5. septameter
5 feet
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
7 feet
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme

6. dactylic (dactyl)

7. dimeter
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
Written to honor the dead
2 feet
2- lined stanza

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

9. Sonnet
Written to honor the dead
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
6- lined stanza

10. Shakespearean Sonnet
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
4 feet
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
8 feet

11. elegy
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
Written to honor the dead
2 feet
6 feet

12. Lyric
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
Short; expresses personal feelings
5 feet
7 feet

13. anapestic (anapest)

14. Petrarchan Sonnet
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
7 feet
4 feet
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter

15. sestet
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
6- lined stanza
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables

16. trimeter
3 feet
Written to honor the dead
4- lined stanza
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme

17. iambic (iamb)

18. octave
8 feet
7- lined stanza
8- lined stanza
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme

19. quintet
5- lined stanza
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
4- lined stanza
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds

20. Epic

21. monometer
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
3 feet
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
1 foot

22. trochaic (trochee)

23. hexameter
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
6 feet
2 feet
5 feet

24. pentameter
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
5 feet
6 feet
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue

25. 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
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes

26. Ballad
7- lined stanza
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme

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

28. septet
8 feet
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
7- lined stanza
3- lined stanza

29. tetrameter
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
6- lined stanza
4 feet
7 feet

30. spondaic (spondee)

31. triplet or tercet
2 feet
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
3- lined stanza
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)

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