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CSET Elements Of Poetry

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1. Lyric
2- lined stanza
Short; expresses personal feelings
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful

2. anapestic (anapest)

3. Limerick
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
1 foot
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme

4. hexameter
6 feet
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
6- lined stanza

5. monometer
8- lined stanza
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
1 foot
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')

6. elegy
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
Written to honor the dead
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme

7. Haiku
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
6- lined stanza
8- lined stanza

8. foot
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
Written to honor the dead
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
6 feet

9. septet
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
7- lined stanza
Short; expresses personal feelings

10. pentameter
5 feet
Short; expresses personal feelings
Written to honor the dead
4- lined stanza

11. quintet
5- lined stanza
Short; expresses personal feelings
3- lined stanza
2 feet

12. Ballad
4- lined stanza
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
2- lined stanza

13. dactylic (dactyl)

14. Shakespearean Sonnet
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
4 feet

15. Petrarchan Sonnet
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
Long narrative - details an epic hero's deeds

16. trochaic (trochee)

17. couplet
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
Unit of rhythmic measurement; a combination of stressed / and unstressed ? syllables
2- lined stanza

18. spondaic (spondee)

19. iambic (iamb)

20. Sonnet
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
14 lines; iambic pentameter; varied rhyme schemes
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)

21. triplet or tercet
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
3- lined stanza
6 feet
5 feet

22. tetrameter
4 feet
Stressed stressed // ('pond day')
5- lined stanza
3- lined stanza

23. octameter
8- lined stanza
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
3 feet
8 feet

24. Dramatic poetry
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
2- lined stanza
Short narrative - usually anonymous - often sung
5 lines; anapestic; aabba rhyme scheme

25. sestet
8- lined stanza
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
6- lined stanza

26. septameter
Unstressed stressed ?/ ('I am - I am - I am)
Written to honor the dead
3 quatrains (3 x 4 line stanzas) and one couplet (2 line stanza); iambic pentameter; ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
7 feet

27. dimeter
Written to honor the dead
2 feet
Stressed unstressed /? ('Ugly troll chair')
1 foot

28. trimeter
Characters revealed through dialog - description - monologue
2- lined stanza
4 feet
3 feet

29. quatrain
4- lined stanza
3- lined stanza
Unstressed unstressed stressed ??/ ('Anna's pets')
Stressed unstressed unstressed /?? (Duckie's tail)

30. octave
4- lined stanza
17 syllables - 3 lines: 5 syllables/7 syllables/5 syllables; depicts a clear picture - a distinct emotion; refers to nature; insightful
8 lines (octave) that state a proposition; 6 lines (sestet) that state the solution; iambic pentameter
8- lined stanza

31. Epic