Stressed vs Unstressed Syllables
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Joseph Anderson
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Review on Poetic Forms and Terminology
From The Norton Anthology of English Literature by M.H. Abrams (1969)
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Rhythm and Meter
Meter: the means by which rhythm is measured and described.
Poetic foot: the unit which is repeated to give steady rhythm to a poem
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Multiple Choice
Poetic Foot Patterns - Iambic Foot or Iamb
For example: unite, repeat
an unstressed followed by a stressed syllable
a stressed followed by a unstressed syllable
two stressed syllables
two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable
a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables
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Multiple Choice
Poetic Foot Patterns - Throchaic Foot or Trochee
For example: unit, reaper, instant
an unstressed followed by a stressed syllable
two stressed syllables
a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables
a stressed followed by a unstressed syllable
two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable
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Multiple Choice
Poetic Foot Patterns - Anapestic Foot or Anapest
For example: intercede, disarrange
an unstressed followed by a stressed syllable
a stressed followed by a unstressed syllable
two stressed syllables
two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable
a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables
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Multiple Choice
Poetic Foot Patterns - Dactylic Foot or Dactyl
For example: Washington, Ecuador, applejack
a stressed followed by a unstressed syllable
two stressed syllables
an unstressed followed by a stressed syllable
two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable
a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables
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Multiple Choice
Poetic Foot Patterns - Spondeic Foot or Spondee
For example: kashmir, John Keats, breakfast
two stressed syllables
two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable
an unstressed followed by a stressed syllable
a stressed followed by a unstressed syllable
a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables
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A single poetic line is generally called a "verse"
Verse lengths are descibed as
Monometer: one foot
Dimeter: two feet
Trimeter: three feet
Tetrameter
Pentameter
Hexameter
Heptameter
Verse
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Sense and Sound
Repetition in verses
Alliteration
Assonance
Consonance
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Multiple Choice
Alliteration is the...
repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds within a passage
use of several nearby words beginning with the same consonant
repetition of a pattern of consonants with changes in the intervening vowels
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Multiple Choice
Assonance is the...
use of several nearby words beginning with the same consonant
repetition of a pattern of consonants with changes in the intervening vowels
repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds within a passage
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Multiple Choice
Consonance is the...
repetition of a pattern of consonants with changes in the intervening vowels
repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds within a passage
use of several nearby words beginning with the same consonant
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14 LINES
Petrarchan/Italian: an octave (8) and a sestet (6) abba abba cdecde
Shakesperian: 3 quatrains and a final couplet - abab cdcd efef gg
Spenserian: 3 quatrains and a final couplet - abab bcbc cdcd ee
Sonnets
Internal rhymes
Eye rhymes
Blank verse: unrhymed iambic pentameter
Stanza
Couplet
Terza rima: aba, bcb, cdc, ded, etc.
Quatrains
Rhyme and Stanza
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Figurative Language
Provide examples for the following terms
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Open Ended
Simile
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Open Ended
Metaphor
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Open Ended
Synecdoche: a figure which substitutes the part for the whole
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Open Ended
Metonymy: substitution of one term for another with which it is closely related
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Open Ended
Irony
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Open Ended
Hyperbole
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Open Ended
Oxymoron: a figure of contradiction
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Open Ended
Paradox
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Open Ended
Personification
Review on Poetic Forms and Terminology
From The Norton Anthology of English Literature by M.H. Abrams (1969)
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