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CSET Elements Of Poetry

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1. trochaic (trochee)
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
Written to honor the dead
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')

2. dactylic (dactyl)
5- lined stanza
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
4 feet
8 feet

3. Lyric
2- lined stanza
1 foot
Short; expresses personal feelings
3- lined stanza

4. hexameter
7 feet
6 feet
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables

5. quatrain
4 feet
4- lined stanza
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes

6. Haiku
8 feet
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds

7. Epic
Short; expresses personal feelings
7 feet
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')

8. monometer
8- 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
1 foot

9. Shakespearean Sonnet
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
Short; expresses personal feelings
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)

10. sestet
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
Short; expresses personal feelings
Written to honor the dead
6- lined stanza

11. spondaic (spondee)
2- lined stanza
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')

12. dimeter
2 feet
8- lined stanza
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme

13. Limerick
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
6 feet
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme

14. Ballad
3 feet
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
5- lined stanza
3- lined stanza

15. anapestic (anapest)
3- lined stanza
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
6 feet
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')

16. tetrameter
4 feet
7- lined stanza
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')

17. octameter
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
6- lined stanza
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
8 feet

18. septet
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
Written to honor the dead
5- lined stanza
7- lined stanza

19. couplet
2- lined stanza
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
6- lined stanza

20. iambic (iamb)
8- lined stanza
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
2 feet

21. septameter
2 feet
8- lined stanza
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
7 feet

22. Sonnet
2- lined stanza
Short; expresses personal feelings
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes

23. Petrarchan Sonnet
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
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
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds

24. elegy
Written to honor the dead
Short; expresses personal feelings
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
6- lined stanza

25. Dramatic poetry
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
2- lined stanza
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)

26. pentameter
5 feet
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
4- lined stanza
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')

27. octave
Short; expresses personal feelings
8- lined stanza
2 feet
4 feet

28. trimeter
7- lined stanza
3 feet
8- lined stanza
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme

29. foot
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung

30. quintet
5- lined stanza
7- lined stanza
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme

31. triplet or tercet
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
3- lined stanza
2 feet

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