Elements of Poetry Flashcards

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The rhythmic pattern created in a line of verse

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Meter

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the number of stressed syllables in a line is fixed, but the number of total syllables is not

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Accentual meter

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The total number of syllables in the line is fixed but the number of stressed syllables is not

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Syllabic meter

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both the number of stressed syllables and the number of total stressed syllables is fixed

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Accentual-syllabic meter

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the duration of sound in each syllable, rather than its stress, determines the meter

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Quantitative meter

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basic rhythmic unit in which a line of verse can be divided. When reciting a verse, there is usually a slight pause between feet

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Foot

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An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

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Iamb

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A stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable

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Trochee

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9
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A stressed syllable followed by by two unstressed syllables

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Dactyl

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10
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Two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable

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Anapest

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11
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two successive syllables with strong stresses

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Spondee

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12
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two successive syllables with light stresses

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Pyrrhic

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13
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process of analyzing number and type of feet

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scansion

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14
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one foot

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Monometer

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15
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two feet

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dimeter

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16
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three feet

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trimeter

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17
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four feet

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tetrameter

18
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five feet

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pentameter

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six feet

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seven feet

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heptameter

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eight feet

22
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Each line of verse has five feet (pentameter), each of which consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (iamb). One of the most popular metrical schemes in English poetry.

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Iambic pentameter

23
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Unrhymed iambic pentameter. Popular with Shakespeare

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Blank verse

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Alternating tetrameter and trimeter, usually iambic and rhyming.

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verse that does not conform to any fixed meter or rhyme scheme. However, not loose or unrestricted
Free verse
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rhyme between two or more words within a single line of verse.
Internal rhyme
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rhyme consisting of a single stressed syllable
Masculine rhyme
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a rhyme consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable
feminine rhyme
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an exact match of sounds in a rhyme
Perfect rhyme
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an imperfect rhyme in which sounds are similar but not exactly the same
slant rhyme
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Two successive rhymed lines that are equal in length
Couplet
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rhyming lines in iambic pentameter
heroic couplet
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four-line stanza
Quatrain
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five-line stanza
cinquain
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written in iambic pentameter with abab rhyme scheme
heroic quatrain
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a grouping of three lines, often bearing a single rhyme
tercet
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Japenese poetry written in three lines of five, seven, and five syllables
Haiku
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Five line poem with aabba rhyme scheme
Limerick
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A single-stanza poem containing fourteen limes written in iambic pentameter
Sonnett
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formal poems that reflect on death or other solemn, serious themes
elegies
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A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
epic poem
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Poems that express the feelings or thoughts of a speaker rather than telling a story.
lyric poems