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Elements of Poetry
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Literature
12th Grade
12/14/2009

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Meter
Definition
The rhytmic pattern created in a line of verse
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Accentual Meter
Definition
The number of stressed syllables in a line is fixed, but the number of total syllables is not.
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Syllabic Meter
Definition
the number of total syllables in a line is fixed, but the number of stressed syllables is not. (opposite of accentual meter)
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Accentual-Syllabic Meter
Definition
Both the number of stressed syllables and the number of total syllables is fixed.
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Quantitative Meter
Definition
The duration of sound of each syllable, rather than its stress, determines the reader.
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Foot
Definition
the basic rhythmic unit into which a line of verse can be divided.
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Iamb
Definition
An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.  Ex. today
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Trochee
Definition

A stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.

Ex. carry

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Dactyl
Definition

A stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables.

Ex. Difficult

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Anapest
Definition

Two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable.

Ex. It is Time

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Spondee
Definition

Two successive syllables with strong syllables

Ex. Stop, Theif

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Monometer
Definition
One foot
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Dimeter
Definition
Two feet
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Trimeter
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Three Feet
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Tetrameter
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Four Feet
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Pentameter
Definition
Five Feet
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Hexameter
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Six Feet
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Heptameter
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Seven Feet
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Octameter
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Eight Feet
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Canto
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Parts
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Iambic Pentameter
Definition
Each line of verse has five feet, each which consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable (iamb)
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Blank Verse
Definition
Unrhymed iambic pentameter,  Close to everyday speech.
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Ballad
Definition
Alternating tetrameter and trimeter, usually iambic and rhyming.
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Free Verse
Definition
Verse that does not conform to any fixed meter or rhyme scheme.
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End Rhyme
Definition
A rhyme that somes at the end of a line of verse.
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Internal Rhyme
Definition
A rhyme between two or more words within a single line of verse.
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Masculine Rhyme
Definition

A rhyme consisting of a single stressed syllable.

Ex. "car" and "far"

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Feminine Rhyme
Definition

A rhyme consisting of a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.

Ex. "Mother" and "Brother"

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Perfect Rhyme
Definition
An exact match of sounds in a rhyme.
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Slant Rhyme
Definition
An imperfect rhyme, in which the sounds are similar but not exactly the same.
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Couplet
Definition
Two succesive rhymed lines that are equal in length.
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Quatrain
Definition
A four-lined stanza, written in ambic pentameter with an ABAB rhyme scheme.
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Tercet
Definition
A grouping of three lines, often bearing a single rhyme.
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Terza Rima
Definition

A system of interllaced tercets linked by common rhymes.

Ex. ABA BCB CDC

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