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CSET Elements Of Poetry

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Answer 31 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. tetrameter
4 feet
6 feet
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
2 feet

2. septameter
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
Written to honor the dead
7 feet

3. pentameter
4 feet
5 feet
1 foot
6- lined stanza

4. triplet or tercet
3- lined stanza
4- lined stanza
6- lined stanza
8- lined stanza

5. trochaic (trochee)

6. Epic

7. spondaic (spondee)

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

9. septet
7- lined stanza
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
1 foot

10. monometer
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
1 foot
7- lined stanza
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)

11. Dramatic poetry
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
2 feet
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)

12. Ballad
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
4 feet

13. hexameter
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
6 feet
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung

14. elegy
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
Written to honor the dead
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
6 feet

15. trimeter
3 feet
Short; expresses personal feelings
6- lined stanza
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme

16. Petrarchan Sonnet
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
8 feet
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
5 feet

17. Haiku
2- lined stanza
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
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

18. Shakespearean Sonnet
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
6- lined stanza
3- lined stanza
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme

19. sestet
2- lined stanza
6- lined stanza
4 feet
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)

20. octameter
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
8 feet
5- lined stanza

21. dimeter
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
2 feet
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
5 feet

22. iambic (iamb)

23. anapestic (anapest)

24. Lyric
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
5- lined stanza
Short; expresses personal feelings

25. foot
4- lined stanza
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
5- lined stanza
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')

26. Limerick
Short; expresses personal feelings
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
3- lined stanza

27. quintet
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
5- lined stanza
Written to honor the dead

28. dactylic (dactyl)

29. quatrain
4- lined stanza
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')

30. Sonnet
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
2- lined stanza

31. couplet
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
2- lined stanza
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
Short; expresses personal feelings