Poetry Flashcards
1
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Poetry’s rhythm
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Meter
2
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5 basic types of metric feet
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Iambic - ^| Trochaic - |^ Anapestic - ^^| Dactylic - |^^ Spondaic - ||
3
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unstressed-stressed (^|)
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Iambic
4
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Stressed-unstressed (|^)
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Trochaic
5
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Stressed-stressed (||)
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Spondaic
6
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Unstressed-unstressed (^^)
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Pyrrhic
7
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Unstressed-unstressed-stressed (^^|)
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Anapestic
8
Q
Stressed-unstressed-unstressed (|^^)
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Dactylic
9
Q
Two types of feet that break up a poem
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Spondaic, Pyrrhic
10
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8 metric feet
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Octometer
11
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Six metric feet
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Hexameter
12
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Two metric feet
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Dimeter
13
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One metric foot
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Monometer
14
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Three metric feet
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Trimeter
15
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Five metric feet
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Pentameter
16
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Seven metric feet
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Heptameter
17
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Four metric feet
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Tetrameter
18
Q
9 or more number of lines
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X-lined
19
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Three number of lines
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Tercet
20
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Two number of lines
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Couplet
21
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Five number of lines
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Cinquain
22
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Six number of lines
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Sestet
23
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Eight number of lines
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Octet/octave
24
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Four number of lines
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Quatrain
25
Seven number of lines
Septet
26
Analysis of mechanical elements within a poem to determine meter
Scansion
27
Grouping of lines set off by a pace
Stanza
28
Foot with two unstressed syllables
Pyrrhic
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Foot with unstressed-stressed-unstressed (^|^)
Amphibrach
30
Foot with stressed-unstressed-stressed (|^|)
Amphimacer
31
extra ^ at the beginning of a line
Anacrusis
32
Extra ^ at the end of a line
Catalexis
33
Pause (||) in the meter or rhythm of a line
Caesura
34
Repetition of similar concluding syllables in diff. words
Rime or rhyme
35
Run on line, no grammatical break
Enjambement
36
Patterns of rhyme with a unit of verse
Rhyme scheme
37
Rhyme at the end of a verse line
End rhyme
38
Rhyme within a line
Internal rhyme
39
Every line uses the same rhyme scheme
Monorhyme
40
Rhyme scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH
Alternate rhyme
41
Rhyme scheme: ABBA
Enclosed rhyme
42
Uses three line stanzas
| Rhyme scheme: ABA BCB CDC DED
Terza Rima
43
3 line stanzas
| Rhyme scheme: ABABBCBC
Ballad
44
Five lines
| AABBA
Limerick
