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CSET Elements Of Poetry

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1. foot
1 foot
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
4 feet

2. pentameter
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
7 feet
5 feet
7- lined stanza

3. iambic (iamb)

4. trimeter
4- lined stanza
3 feet
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

5. septet
7- lined stanza
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
5- lined stanza

6. dactylic (dactyl)

7. Ballad
Short; expresses personal feelings
5 feet
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme

8. septameter
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
2- lined stanza
7 feet
3- lined stanza

9. quatrain
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
4- lined stanza
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue

10. sestet
6- lined stanza
6 feet
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds

11. trochaic (trochee)

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

13. tetrameter
3- lined stanza
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
4 feet
2 feet

14. monometer
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
3 feet
1 foot

15. spondaic (spondee)

16. octameter
6- lined stanza
8 feet
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds

17. Dramatic poetry
6 feet
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue

18. dimeter
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
8 feet
7- lined stanza
2 feet

19. elegy
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
Written to honor the dead
7- lined stanza
3- lined stanza

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

21. Sonnet
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
4 feet
Written to honor the dead
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter

22. Epic

23. triplet or tercet
6 feet
8 feet
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
3- lined stanza

24. Lyric
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
5 feet
Short; expresses personal feelings
2- lined stanza

25. Shakespearean Sonnet
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
2- lined stanza

26. anapestic (anapest)

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

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

29. octave
8- lined stanza
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
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds

30. couplet
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
2- lined stanza
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')

31. Limerick
Short; expresses personal feelings
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
7- lined stanza