Identify and Describe the Poetic Conventions of Verse Flashcards
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Iamb
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Two syllables: first unstressed, second stressed
2
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Trochee
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Two syllables: first stressed, second unstressed
3
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Dactyl
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Three syllables: First stressed, second and third unstressed
4
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Anapest
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Three syllables: First and second unstressed, third stressed
5
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Spondee
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Two syllables: Both stressed ex. Break down
6
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Pyrrhic
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Two syllables: Both unstressed ex. In a
7
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Ballad
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Narrative poem in short stanzas, often sung
8
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Cinquain
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A stanza of five lines
9
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Elegy
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A poem of mourning
10
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Epigram
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A brief, humorous verse, often containing a pun. “I can resist everything except temptation,” Oscar Wilde
11
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Haiku
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5, 7, 5 in three short lines
12
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Heroic Couplet
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A couplet in Iambic Pentameter
13
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Limerick
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AABBA rhyme scheme; usually humorous
