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CSET Elements Of Poetry

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1. Dramatic poetry
7 feet
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
Written to honor the dead

2. Epic

3. Sonnet
Short; expresses personal feelings
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme

4. Lyric
3 feet
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
Short; expresses personal feelings
4- lined stanza

5. Petrarchan Sonnet
1 foot
2- lined stanza
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme

6. quintet
8 feet
5- lined stanza
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
4 feet

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

8. monometer
1 foot
2 feet
4- lined stanza
7- lined stanza

9. Limerick
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
6- lined stanza
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung

10. septameter
7 feet
1 foot
Written to honor the dead
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes

11. Haiku
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds

12. hexameter
6 feet
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
1 foot
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue

13. septet
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
5- lined stanza
6- lined stanza
7- lined stanza

14. elegy
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
Written to honor the dead
3 feet
4 feet

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

16. couplet
2- lined stanza
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
5- lined stanza

17. spondaic (spondee)

18. tetrameter
4 feet
6- lined stanza
3 feet
2 feet

19. iambic (iamb)

20. dimeter
4- lined stanza
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
2 feet
1 foot

21. anapestic (anapest)

22. foot
1 foot
4- lined stanza
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung

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

24. octave
2- lined stanza
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
8- lined stanza
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter

25. triplet or tercet
3- lined stanza
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
2 feet
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme

26. Ballad
5- lined stanza
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
7- lined stanza

27. trimeter
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
3 feet
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter

28. quatrain
4- lined stanza
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung

29. dactylic (dactyl)

30. trochaic (trochee)

31. sestet
6- lined stanza
8 feet
4- lined stanza
3 feet