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CSET Elements Of Poetry

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1. octave
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
4- lined stanza
5- lined stanza
8- lined stanza

2. spondaic (spondee)

3. Dramatic poetry
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
Short; expresses personal feelings
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds

4. trimeter
3 feet
1 foot
8 feet
8- lined stanza

5. elegy
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
Written to honor the dead

6. Lyric
Short; expresses personal feelings
7 feet
2- lined stanza
7- lined stanza

7. Epic

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

9. octameter
8 feet
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
Written to honor the dead

10. quintet
8 feet
5- lined stanza
7- lined stanza
2 feet

11. septet
7- lined stanza
Written to honor the dead
7 feet
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme

12. trochaic (trochee)

13. foot
Written to honor the dead
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
2 feet
3- lined stanza

14. Shakespearean Sonnet
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
4 feet

15. Sonnet
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes

16. hexameter
8 feet
6 feet
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes

17. Limerick
2- lined stanza
8- lined stanza
3 feet
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme

18. tetrameter
6 feet
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
4 feet

19. triplet or tercet
3- lined stanza
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
6- lined stanza

20. pentameter
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
5 feet
8 feet
5- lined stanza

21. dimeter
2 feet
8- lined stanza
Written to honor the dead
1 foot

22. iambic (iamb)

23. couplet
5- lined stanza
4 feet
6- lined stanza
2- lined stanza

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

25. monometer
1 foot
8 feet
3- lined stanza
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds

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

27. anapestic (anapest)

28. quatrain
2 feet
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
4- lined stanza
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)

29. Ballad
5 feet
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
6- lined stanza
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue

30. Haiku
Written to honor the dead
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
2 feet
Short; expresses personal feelings

31. dactylic (dactyl)