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CSET Elements Of Poetry

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1. Epic

2. foot
2 feet
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme

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

4. trochaic (trochee)

5. quintet
5- lined stanza
Short; expresses personal feelings
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)

6. Petrarchan Sonnet
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
4 feet
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter

7. couplet
6 feet
3 feet
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
2- lined stanza

8. Dramatic poetry
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
5 feet

9. hexameter
6 feet
7 feet
5- lined stanza
1 foot

10. Limerick
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
3 feet
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung

11. elegy
2 feet
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
Written to honor the dead
8- lined stanza

12. spondaic (spondee)

13. monometer
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
5- lined stanza
1 foot
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful

14. triplet or tercet
3- lined stanza
8- lined stanza
2 feet
1 foot

15. dactylic (dactyl)

16. septameter
1 foot
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
7 feet

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

18. pentameter
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
2 feet
7 feet
5 feet

19. septet
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
7- lined stanza
2 feet
3- lined stanza

20. sestet
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
6- lined stanza
3 feet
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')

21. quatrain
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
7- lined stanza
4- lined stanza
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)

22. Lyric
Short; expresses personal feelings
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue

23. octameter
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
8 feet
5 feet
Short; expresses personal feelings

24. Ballad
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
Short; expresses personal feelings
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme

25. dimeter
6- lined stanza
3 feet
1 foot
2 feet

26. tetrameter
4 feet
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
8 feet
3 feet

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

28. Sonnet
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
4- lined stanza
1 foot
8 feet

29. iambic (iamb)

30. anapestic (anapest)

31. octave
8- lined stanza
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
3- lined stanza
8 feet