CSET Elements Of Poetry

Instructions:

• Answer 31 questions in 15 minutes.
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• Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Lyric
1 foot
2- lined stanza
7 feet
Short; expresses personal feelings


2. triplet or tercet
4 feet
Written to honor the dead
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
3- lined stanza


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


4. Dramatic poetry
Short; expresses personal feelings
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds


5. quatrain
4 feet
2 feet
3 feet
4- lined stanza


6. spondaic (spondee)

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


8. Epic

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9. foot
Written to honor the dead
Short; expresses personal feelings
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
5 feet


10. quintet
5- lined stanza
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
3- lined stanza
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)


11. Limerick
6- lined stanza
3- lined stanza
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter


12. Haiku
7- lined stanza
4 feet
4- lined stanza
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful


13. hexameter
6 feet
8 feet
5 feet
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes


14. pentameter
Short; expresses personal feelings
3 feet
5 feet
2- lined stanza


15. tetrameter
5- lined stanza
4- lined stanza
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
4 feet


16. iambic (iamb)

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17. Ballad
3 feet
2- lined stanza
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung


18. anapestic (anapest)

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19. septet
8 feet
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
6 feet
7- lined stanza


20. dactylic (dactyl)

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


22. septameter
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
8 feet
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
7 feet


23. dimeter
7- lined stanza
1 foot
2 feet
Written to honor the dead


24. sestet
6- lined stanza
5- lined stanza
Written to honor the dead
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes


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


26. elegy
2- lined stanza
Written to honor the dead
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue


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


28. monometer
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
1 foot
4 feet


29. Petrarchan Sonnet
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
3- lined stanza
Short; expresses personal feelings
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables


30. octameter
8 feet
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
4- lined stanza
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds


31. trochaic (trochee)

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