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25 Cards in this Set
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Iamb/Iambic
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a metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
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Trochese/Trochaic
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a metrical foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable
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Anapest/Anapestic
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a foot that is made up of to unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable
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Dactyl/Dactylic
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one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables
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Spondee/Spondaic
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one in which both syllable within the foot are stressed.
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Pyrrhic
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a foot containing two unaccented syllables
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Lyric
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Subjective, reflective poetry with regular rhyme scheme and meter which reveals poet's thoughts and feelings to create a single, unique impression
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Narrative
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non-dramatic, objective verse with regular rhyme scheme and meter which relates a story or narrative
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Ode
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elaborate lyric verse which deals seriously with a dignified theme
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Blank Verse
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unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter
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Free Verse
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unrhymed lines without regular rhythm
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Epic
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a long, dignified narrative poem which gives the account of a hero important to his nation or race
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Dramatic Monologue
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a lyric poem in which the speaker addresses himself to persons around him; his speech deals with a dramatic moment in his life and manifests his character
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Elegy
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a poem of lament, meditating on the death of an individual
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Ballad
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simple, narrative verse which tells a story to be sung or recited; the folk ballad is anonymously handed down, while the literary ballad has a single author.
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Idyll
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lyric poetry describing the life of the shepherd in pastoral, bucolic, idealistic terms
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villanelle
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French verse form, strictly calculated to appear simple and spontaneous; five tercets and a final quatrains, rhyming aba aba aba aba aba abaa. Lines 1, 6, 12, 18, and 3, 9, 15, 19 are refrain
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light verse
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general category of poetry written to entertain, such as lyric poetry, epigrams, and limericks. It can also have a serious side, as in parody or satire.
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Haiku
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Japanese verse in three lines of five, seven, and five syllables, often depicting a delicate image.
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Limerick
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humorous nonsense-verse in five anapestic lines rhyming aabba. a lines being trimeter and b lines dimeter
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couplet
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2 lines
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tercet
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3 lines
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quatrain
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4 lines
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cinquain
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5 lines
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sestet
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6 lines
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