Poetry: Stanza, Meter, Feet Flashcards
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Tercet/Triplet
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3 lined stanza (all 3 rhyme)
1
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Tristich
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3 lined stanza
2
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Quatrain
A
4 lined stanza
3
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Quintain
A
5 lined stanza
4
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Hexastich/Sextain/Sixtain
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6 lined stanza
5
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Heptastich/Septet
A
7 lined stanza
6
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Octastich
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8 lined stanza
7
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Douzain
A
12 lined stanza
8
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Quatorzain
A
14 lined stanza
9
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Decaysyllabic
A
Line with 10 syllables
10
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Hendecasyllabic
A
11 syllables
11
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Dimeter
A
Line with 2 feet
12
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Trimester
A
3 feet
13
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Tetrameter
A
4 feet
14
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Hexameter
A
6 feet
15
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Pentameter
A
5 feet
16
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Heptameter
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7 feet
17
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Octameter
A
8 feet
18
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Iamb
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u s (forego)
19
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Trochee
A
s u (weather)
20
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Spondee
A
s s (football)
21
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Pyrrhic
A
u u
22
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Amphibrach
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u s u (arrangement)
23
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Amphimacer
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s u s (nevermore)
24
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Anapest
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u u s (like a child from the womb)
25
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Antibacchius
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s s u (high mountains)
26
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Bacchius
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u s s (Marie Claire)
27
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Dactyl
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s u u (mannikin)
28
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Choriambus
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s u u s (year upon year)
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Paeon
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s u u u (vegetable)
