Poetry - Rhythm and Scansion Flashcards
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1
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Pattern of sound in a poem (of stressed and unstressed syllables).
A
Rhythm
2
Q
Marked by a macron.
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Stressed syllable
3
Q
Marked by breve.
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Unstressed syllable
4
Q
Most structured form of rhythm.
A
Meter/metre
5
Q
Unstressed-Stressed (metrical feet)
A
Iamb/Iambic
6
Q
Stressed-Unstressed (metrical feet)
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Trochee/Trochaic
7
Q
Stressed-Stressed (metrical feet)
A
Spondee/Spondaic
8
Q
Unstressed-Unstressed (metrical feet)
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Pyrrhic/Pyrrhic
9
Q
Analysis of type and number of metrical feet in a poem.
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Scansion
10
Q
The end of a line poetry.
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Line-break
11
Q
When line ends with period or feeling of period.
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Endstop
12
Q
When a syntactic unit is carried over from one line to the next (unfinished sentence).
A
Enjamb
13
Q
A pause occurring somewhere in a line of poetry (marked with //).
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Caesura
