Poetry Terminology Flashcards
1
Q
verses
A
If prose has paragraphs, poems have verses
2
Q
metrical pattern
A
Any repeating stressed and unstressed patterns in a rhythmic poem
3
Q
meter
A
the # of beats or stressed syllables per verse
4
Q
two stressed syllables
A
diameter
5
Q
three stressed syllables
A
trimeter
6
Q
four stressed syllables
A
tetrameter
7
Q
five stressed syllables
A
pentameter
8
Q
six stressed syllables
A
hexameter
9
Q
seven stressed syllables
A
septameter
10
Q
eight stressed syllables
A
octameter
11
Q
iamb/iambic
A
da DUM
12
Q
trochee/trochaic
A
DA dum
13
Q
spondaic
A
DA DUM
14
Q
anapest/anapestic
A
da da DUM
15
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dactyl/dactylic
A
DA dum dum
