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Meter Flashcards

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The three most common types of meter in english poetry?

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Accentual Meter, Syllabic meter, and accentual-syllabic mater

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Accentual Meter

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Stresses are counted, syllables are variable

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Syllabic meter

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the syllables are counted, the stresses are varied

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Accentual-syllabic meter

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both the accents and the syllables are measured and counted.

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Most dominant metrical form in English poetry

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The Accentual-Syllabic Meter

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Stress meter

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accentual meter

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Strong stress meter

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accentual meter

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Metrical foot

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one measure of both syllable and accent in accentual-syllabic meter

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Metrical feet

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The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

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Iamb

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metrical foot containing two syllables, unstressed-stressed

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Trochee

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metrical foot containing two syllables: stressed-unstressed. Opposite of an iamb.

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Dactyl

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metrical foot containing three syllables: stressed-unstressed-unstressed

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Anapest

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a metrical foot containing 3 syllables: unstressed-unstressed-stressed. Opposite of a dactyl.

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Spondee

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A metrical foot containing two syllables: stressed-stressed.

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15
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Poetic foot

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a measured unit of meter

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16
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Distich

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A rhyming couplet

17
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Blank verse

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Unrhymed Iambic Pentameter

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Dramatic Speech

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19
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Dimeter

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a line of 2 feet

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Trimeter

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a line of 3 feet

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Tetrameter

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a line of 4 feet

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Pentameter

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a line of 5 feet

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Hexameter

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a line of 6 feet

24
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Iambic line

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a line composed of iambs

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Iambic meter

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meter made up of iambs

26
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Scanning

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to determine the metric pattern of a line of poetry by identifying the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables and counting the total number of feet.

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Iambic pentameter

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a line consisting of 5 iambs, which is 10 syllables, 5 beats

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Iambic tetrameter

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a line consisting of 4 iambs

29
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iambic trimeter

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a line consisting of 3 iambs

30
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Meter

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pattern of stresses

31
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Pyrrhic

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Metrical foot containing 2 syllables: unstressed-unstressed

32
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Amphibrach

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metrical foot of 3 syllables: unstressed-stressed-unstressed

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Cretic

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metrical foot of 3 syllables: stressed - unstressed - stressed (backwards of amphibrach)

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Molossus

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Metrical foot of 3 syllables: stressed-stressed-stressed

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