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. anapestic (anapest)

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2. Limerick
1 foot
4 feet
8- lined stanza
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme


3. dactylic (dactyl)

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4. Petrarchan Sonnet
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
1 foot
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful


5. tetrameter
8 feet
4 feet
8- lined stanza
6- lined stanza


6. triplet or tercet
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
7- lined stanza
4- lined stanza
3- lined stanza


7. sestet
Short; expresses personal feelings
6- lined stanza
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds


8. foot
4 feet
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
2 feet
Written to honor the dead


9. couplet
8- lined stanza
2- lined stanza
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
6- lined stanza


10. Dramatic poetry
8 feet
6- lined stanza
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue


11. Haiku
4 feet
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
4- lined stanza
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful


12. elegy
Written to honor the dead
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
2- lined stanza
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme


13. quatrain
4- lined stanza
6- lined stanza
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter


14. Ballad
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
1 foot
7- lined stanza
5- lined stanza


15. septameter
Short; expresses personal feelings
7 feet
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
6- lined stanza


16. iambic (iamb)

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17. quintet
7- lined stanza
5- lined stanza
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
Written to honor the dead


18. monometer
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
1 foot
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
4- lined stanza


19. Lyric
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
3- lined stanza
Short; expresses personal feelings
1 foot


20. trochaic (trochee)

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21. octameter
8 feet
2 feet
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')


22. pentameter
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
2 feet
4 feet
5 feet


23. dimeter
Short; expresses personal feelings
6- lined stanza
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
2 feet


24. Shakespearean Sonnet
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 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
1 foot


25. octave
8- lined stanza
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
5 feet
2 feet


26. Sonnet
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
3 feet
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
6- lined stanza


27. spondaic (spondee)

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28. trimeter
3 feet
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
6- lined stanza


29. septet
3- lined stanza
5 feet
7- lined stanza
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')


30. hexameter
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
6 feet
4 feet


31. Epic

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