Common Poetic Elements

Question 1

Stanza

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• A unit of lines of verse with recurring meter and rhyme-or variants of them-used in an established pattern of repetition and separation in a poem
• Three main types of poetry: Dramatic, Lyric, and Narrative

Question 2

Isometric Stanza

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• Made up of lines of the same length

Question 3

Heterometric Stanza

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• Made up of lines of different lengths

Question 4

Quasi-Stanzaic

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• A loose grouping of lines and paragraphs of verse

Question 5

Verse

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• A single line of poetry or a group of lines that form a stanza; often used to describe a poem’s structure through its organized patterns
• Three Main Types: Free Verse, Blank Verse, Rhymed verse

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Free Verse

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• No specific meter or rhyme scheme

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Blank Verse

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• Unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter, commonly used in ENglish dramatic and narrative poetry

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Rhymed Verse

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• Follows a specific rhyme scheme, like couplets or sonnets

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Meter

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• The rhythmic structure of a verse or lines of a verse
• Three Types of Meters: Accentual Meter, Syllabic Meter, Accentual-Syllabic Meter

Question 10

Accentual Meter

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• The stresses are counted, and the syllables are variable

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Syllabic Meter

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• The syllables are counted, but the stresses are varied

Question 12

Accentual-Syllabic Meter

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• Both accents and syllables are measured and counted; most dominant metrical form
• This Metric form includes poetic feet

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Poetic Feet

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• Measured units of meter made up of stressed and unstressed syllables
• Types of Poetic Feet: Anapest, Iamb, Spondee, Trochee

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Anapest

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• Two short stressed syllables followed by a long stressed syllable

Question 15

Iamb

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• A unit of measure in poetry that includes a short stressed syllable (unstressed) followed by a long stressed syllable (stressed); most common Poetic foot

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Spondee

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Two long stressed syllables

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Trochee

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• A long stressed syllable followed by a short stressed syllable

Question 18

Rhyme Scheme

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• The ordered pattern of rhymes at the end of the lines of a poem or verse
• It is usually referred to by using letters to indicate which lines rhyme. Lines designated with the same letter al rhyme with each others
• Slant Rhyme

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Slant Rhyme

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• When words have similar sounds but do not exactly rhyme. These sorts of rhymes still fit into a standard rhyme scheme

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Tone

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• An author’s approach and attitude, either direct or implied, toward a specific subject or idea

Question 21

POV

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• The perspective from which a story is narrated, determining who is telling the story and how the reader experiences it
• 4 Different Kinds: 1st Person, 2nd Person, 3rd Person Omniscient, 3rd Person Limited

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First Person

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• Told from the perspective of one character, which includes their experiences, thoughts, and feelings
• Ex. The Yellow Wallpaper

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Second Person

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• Directly addresses the reader
• Ex. The Hawk

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Third Person Omniscient

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• The narrator knows all the thoughts and feelings of every character and can reveal them to the reader as needed
• Ex. Pride and Prejudice

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Third Person Limited

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- The narrator has access to only one character's thoughts and feelings, or even none at all - Ex. Kindred