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CSET Elements Of Poetry

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Answer 31 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. couplet
4 feet
7 feet
2- lined stanza
5- lined stanza

2. Petrarchan Sonnet
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
3 feet

3. trochaic (trochee)

4. spondaic (spondee)

5. trimeter
3 feet
Written to honor the dead
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
Short; expresses personal feelings

6. dimeter
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
2 feet
1 foot

7. Sonnet
7 feet
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
4- lined stanza
1 foot

8. dactylic (dactyl)

9. pentameter
5 feet
8 feet
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds

10. iambic (iamb)

11. hexameter
5 feet
3 feet
6 feet
2- lined stanza

12. Dramatic poetry
5- lined stanza
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
Written to honor the dead

13. tetrameter
7 feet
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
2- lined stanza
4 feet

14. foot
6 feet
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
3 feet
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)

15. elegy
Written to honor the dead
2 feet
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
8- lined stanza

16. Epic

17. Lyric
8- lined stanza
5 feet
Short; expresses personal feelings
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds

18. quintet
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
3- lined stanza
2- lined stanza
5- lined stanza

19. anapestic (anapest)

20. sestet
Written to honor the dead
6 feet
6- lined stanza
5 feet

21. octave
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
8- lined stanza
2- lined stanza
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes

22. Haiku
8- lined stanza
7- lined stanza
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables

23. septameter
7- lined stanza
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
7 feet
3 feet

24. septet
7- lined stanza
6 feet
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
1 foot

25. triplet or tercet
3- 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
5 feet

26. quatrain
3- lined stanza
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
4- lined stanza
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)

27. Shakespearean Sonnet
4- lined stanza
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
3 feet
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme

28. Ballad
7- lined stanza
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
7 feet
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung

29. monometer
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
7- lined stanza
1 foot
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful

30. octameter
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
8 feet
4 feet
8- lined stanza

31. Limerick
8- lined stanza
1 foot
Written to honor the dead
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme