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CSET Elements Of Poetry

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Answer 31 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. dactylic (dactyl)

2. septameter
Short; expresses personal feelings
7 feet
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful

3. trochaic (trochee)

4. Shakespearean Sonnet
6- lined stanza
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
5- lined stanza

5. pentameter
3- lined stanza
7 feet
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
5 feet

6. Epic

7. Haiku
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
8 feet
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
3- lined stanza

8. anapestic (anapest)

9. septet
7 feet
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
7- lined stanza
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')

10. Petrarchan Sonnet
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
3 feet
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)

11. trimeter
Written to honor the dead
8- lined stanza
3- lined stanza
3 feet

12. spondaic (spondee)

13. dimeter
2 feet
6- lined stanza
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme

14. Limerick
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
1 foot

15. triplet or tercet
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
8 feet
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
3- lined stanza

16. octameter
8 feet
6- lined stanza
7 feet
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')

17. Sonnet
2 feet
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')

18. couplet
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
1 foot
7 feet
2- lined stanza

19. Dramatic poetry
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
1 foot
4 feet

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

21. sestet
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
1 foot
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
6- lined stanza

22. tetrameter
Written to honor the dead
Short; expresses personal feelings
7 feet
4 feet

23. octave
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
5 feet
2- lined stanza
8- lined stanza

24. iambic (iamb)

25. Lyric
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
Short; expresses personal feelings
4 feet
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter

26. quatrain
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
5 feet
4- lined stanza
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes

27. Ballad
6- lined stanza
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
1 foot

28. foot
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
3 feet
8- lined stanza
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables

29. hexameter
8 feet
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
2- lined stanza
6 feet

30. monometer
1 foot
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful

31. elegy
Short; expresses personal feelings
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
Written to honor the dead
8 feet