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CSET Elements Of Poetry

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Answer 31 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Epic

2. Ballad
3- lined stanza
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')

3. septameter
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
7 feet
Written to honor the dead
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')

4. septet
4- lined stanza
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
7 feet
7- lined stanza

5. dactylic (dactyl)

6. Sonnet
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
4- lined stanza
6 feet

7. Haiku
8 feet
7 feet
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful

8. Shakespearean Sonnet
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
3- lined stanza
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue

9. Limerick
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
4- lined stanza
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme

10. Petrarchan Sonnet
3 feet
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
8 feet
7 feet

11. hexameter
Written to honor the dead
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
6 feet

12. foot
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
5- lined stanza
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes

13. octave
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
8- lined stanza
Short; expresses personal feelings
4- lined stanza

14. trimeter
5- lined stanza
3 feet
6 feet
2- lined stanza

15. octameter
8 feet
4- lined stanza
4 feet
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')

16. tetrameter
4 feet
Written to honor the dead
Short; expresses personal feelings
8- lined stanza

17. monometer
8- lined stanza
6 feet
6- lined stanza
1 foot

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

19. dimeter
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
4 feet
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
2 feet

20. couplet
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
2- lined stanza
8- lined stanza
6 feet

21. spondaic (spondee)

22. quatrain
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
3 feet
7 feet
4- lined stanza

23. elegy
1 foot
8 feet
Written to honor the dead
5 feet

24. anapestic (anapest)

25. Dramatic poetry
1 foot
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
Short; expresses personal feelings

26. sestet
7 feet
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
6- lined stanza

27. iambic (iamb)

28. trochaic (trochee)

29. Lyric
Short; expresses personal feelings
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
2 feet
6 feet

30. triplet or tercet
3- lined stanza
1 foot
7 feet
3 feet

31. pentameter
6 feet
5 feet
Short; expresses personal feelings
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)