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CSET Elements Of Poetry

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

2. septameter
7 feet
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
6 feet

3. couplet
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
2- lined stanza
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
4- lined stanza

4. sestet
5 feet
6- lined stanza
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
8 feet

5. Lyric
2 feet
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
7- lined stanza
Short; expresses personal feelings

6. trochaic (trochee)

7. tetrameter
4 feet
8 feet
5- lined stanza
2- lined stanza

8. hexameter
6 feet
6- lined stanza
Short; expresses personal feelings
3- lined stanza

9. Sonnet
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
3- lined stanza
8 feet
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes

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

11. dactylic (dactyl)

12. Shakespearean Sonnet
3 feet
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
Written to honor the dead

13. Ballad
5- lined stanza
4 feet
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung

14. triplet or tercet
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
3- lined stanza
5 feet
8- lined stanza

15. iambic (iamb)

16. Limerick
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
5 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

17. Epic

18. anapestic (anapest)

19. Petrarchan Sonnet
3 feet
Short; expresses personal feelings
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')

20. trimeter
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
3 feet
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables

21. foot
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
8 feet
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables

22. quatrain
8- lined stanza
4- lined stanza
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
5- lined stanza

23. octameter
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
8 feet
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue

24. dimeter
6- lined stanza
7 feet
2- lined stanza
2 feet

25. septet
Written to honor the dead
7 feet
3 feet
7- lined stanza

26. Haiku
8- lined stanza
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
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

27. spondaic (spondee)

28. Dramatic poetry
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
2 feet
Written to honor the dead
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue

29. pentameter
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
5 feet

30. elegy
Written to honor the dead
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
2- lined stanza
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme

31. octave
8- lined stanza
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
6 feet
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')