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Poetry Flashcards

1
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Poetry’s rhythm

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Meter

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2
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5 basic types of metric feet

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Iambic - ^|
Trochaic - |^
Anapestic - ^^|
Dactylic - |^^
Spondaic - ||
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3
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unstressed-stressed (^|)

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Iambic

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4
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Stressed-unstressed (|^)

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Trochaic

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5
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Stressed-stressed (||)

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Spondaic

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6
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Unstressed-unstressed (^^)

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Pyrrhic

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7
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Unstressed-unstressed-stressed (^^|)

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Anapestic

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8
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Stressed-unstressed-unstressed (|^^)

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Dactylic

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9
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Two types of feet that break up a poem

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Spondaic, Pyrrhic

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10
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8 metric feet

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Octometer

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11
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Six metric feet

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Hexameter

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12
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Two metric feet

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Dimeter

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13
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One metric foot

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Monometer

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14
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Three metric feet

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Trimeter

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15
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Five metric feet

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Pentameter

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16
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Seven metric feet

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Heptameter

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17
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Four metric feet

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Tetrameter

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18
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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
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Seven number of lines

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Septet

26
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Analysis of mechanical elements within a poem to determine meter

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Scansion

27
Q

Grouping of lines set off by a pace

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Stanza

28
Q

Foot with two unstressed syllables

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Pyrrhic

29
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Foot with unstressed-stressed-unstressed (^|^)

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Amphibrach

30
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Foot with stressed-unstressed-stressed (|^|)

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Amphimacer

31
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extra ^ at the beginning of a line

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Anacrusis

32
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Extra ^ at the end of a line

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Catalexis

33
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Pause (||) in the meter or rhythm of a line

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Caesura

34
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Repetition of similar concluding syllables in diff. words

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Rime or rhyme

35
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Run on line, no grammatical break

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Enjambement

36
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Patterns of rhyme with a unit of verse

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Rhyme scheme

37
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Rhyme at the end of a verse line

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End rhyme

38
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Rhyme within a line

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Internal rhyme

39
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Every line uses the same rhyme scheme

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Monorhyme

40
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Rhyme scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH

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Alternate rhyme

41
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Rhyme scheme: ABBA

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Enclosed rhyme

42
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Uses three line stanzas

Rhyme scheme: ABA BCB CDC DED

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Terza Rima

43
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3 line stanzas

Rhyme scheme: ABABBCBC

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Ballad

44
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Five lines

AABBA

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Limerick

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