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CSET Elements Of Poetry

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Answer 31 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. trimeter
3 feet
6- lined stanza
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
7- lined stanza

2. quintet
8- lined stanza
5- lined stanza
8 feet
4- lined stanza

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

4. Sonnet
5- lined stanza
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
Short; expresses personal feelings
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes

5. Lyric
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
Short; expresses personal feelings

6. iambic (iamb)

7. spondaic (spondee)

8. septet
7- lined stanza
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')

9. Haiku
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
7 feet
1 foot

10. elegy
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
8 feet
6- lined stanza
Written to honor the dead

11. Petrarchan Sonnet
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
2 feet
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme

12. tetrameter
3 feet
4 feet
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

13. Shakespearean Sonnet
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme

14. triplet or tercet
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
3- lined stanza
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
7- lined stanza

15. septameter
7 feet
3 feet
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes

16. quatrain
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
8- lined stanza
4- lined stanza

17. anapestic (anapest)

18. Dramatic poetry
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
8 feet

19. hexameter
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
2 feet
1 foot
6 feet

20. octameter
7 feet
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
8 feet
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung

21. Limerick
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
7 feet
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme

22. sestet
6- lined stanza
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
4 feet
5 feet

23. Epic

24. octave
Written to honor the dead
8 feet
8- lined stanza
2- lined stanza

25. monometer
8- lined stanza
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
7- lined stanza
1 foot

26. Ballad
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
4 feet
6 feet
5- lined stanza

27. foot
8- lined stanza
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
4- lined stanza
7- lined stanza

28. trochaic (trochee)

29. dimeter
2 feet
Short; expresses personal feelings
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
1 foot

30. couplet
4 feet
7- lined stanza
Written to honor the dead
2- lined stanza

31. dactylic (dactyl)