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CSET Elements Of Poetry

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1. Dramatic poetry
4- lined stanza
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
Written to honor the dead
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)

2. spondaic (spondee)

3. Shakespearean Sonnet
3- lined stanza
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
4- lined stanza

4. foot
5- lined stanza
8- 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

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

6. triplet or tercet
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
3- lined stanza
5- lined stanza
2- lined stanza

7. Lyric
2 feet
3 feet
Short; expresses personal feelings
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue

8. Ballad
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
1 foot
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue

9. couplet
8- lined stanza
4 feet
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
2- lined stanza

10. elegy
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
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
Written to honor the dead

11. dimeter
5 feet
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
2 feet
3 feet

12. iambic (iamb)

13. hexameter
Written to honor the dead
6 feet
2- lined stanza
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds

14. monometer
7- lined stanza
6 feet
1 foot
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme

15. anapestic (anapest)

16. octave
8- lined stanza
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
3 feet
Written to honor the dead

17. Limerick
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful

18. Epic

19. Petrarchan Sonnet
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
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

20. Haiku
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
7- lined stanza
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
4- lined stanza

21. Sonnet
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
5- lined stanza

22. octameter
Written to honor the dead
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
4- lined stanza
8 feet

23. quatrain
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
4 feet
4- lined stanza
2 feet

24. septameter
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
7- lined stanza
7 feet

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

26. quintet
5- lined stanza
2 feet
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
6 feet

27. tetrameter
4- lined stanza
4 feet
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
6- lined stanza

28. trimeter
3 feet
6- lined stanza
2- lined stanza
1 foot

29. dactylic (dactyl)

30. sestet
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
6- lined stanza
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
7- lined stanza

31. trochaic (trochee)