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13 Cards in this Set
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Long by nature
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1. vowel with macron over it
2. dipthongs |
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Long by position
(2 ways) |
1. anytime a vowel is followed by 2 or more consonants
- Qu counts as a single consonant - H does not count as a consonant - X counts as two consonants 2. elisions |
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short by nature
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1. Vowel without macron
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Dactyl
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LONG short short
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spondee
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LONG long
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Trochee
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LONG short
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iamb
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short LONG
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Dactylic Hexameter
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S/D - S/D - S/D - S/D - D - S
13-17 syllables |
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Elegiac Couplet
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Made up of A and B lines
A line: dactylic hexameter B line: Odd pentameter: dactyl/dactyl/long/dactyl/dactyl/long * spondee can replace first two feet; * short can replace last long |
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Hendecasyllabic Meter
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Spondee/Dactyl/Trochee/Trochee/Spondee
* trochee or iamb can replace first foot *torchee can replce last foot 11 syllables |
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Octosyllabic Trochaic meter
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Trochee/Trochee/Trochee/Trochee
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Iambic Trimeter
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Iamb/Iamb/Iamb/Iamb/Iamb/Iamb
*spondee can replace the first 5 feet *tribrac can replace the 2nd and 3rd feet *short can replace the last syllable |
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Tribrach
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short short short
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