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AP Literature Meter and Structure of Poetry Flashcards

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4935713191meterA pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry0
4935713192scansionthe action of scanning a line of verse to determine its rhythm1
4935713193dimeter2 feet per line2
4935713194trimeter3 feet per line3
4935713195pentameter5 feet per line4
4935713196hexameter6 feet per line5
4935713197tetrameter4 feet per line6
4935713198septameter7 feet per line7
4935713199octameter8 feet per line8
4935713200anapestunstressed, unstressed, stressed9
4935713201dactylstressed, unstressed, unstressed10
4935713202caesuraA natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line.11
4935713203end stopWhen a line break occurs at the end of a sentence12
4935713204iambunstressed, stressed13
4935713205trocheestressed, unstressed14
4935713206spondeestressed, stressed15
4935713207prosodythe study of meter16
4935713208footone unit of poetic meter17
4935713209blank versePoetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter18
4935713210masculine/feminine endingsends on stressed/unstressed19
4935713211enjambmentno punctuation at the end of the line20
4935713212ballad meteralternates iambic tetrameter and trimeter21
4935713213free versepoetry that does not rhyme or regular meter22
4935713214stanzaA group of lines in a poem23
4935713215fixed formPattern of rhyme in a stanza24
4935713216coupletA pair of rhymed lines25
4935713217heroic couplettwo rhyming lines in iambic pentameter26
4935713218tercet4 line stanza?27
4935713219triplet?28
4935713220terza rimaA three-line stanza rhymed aba, bcb, cdc29
4935713221quatrain4 line stanza30
4935713222ballad stanza?31
4935713223sestet6 line stanza32
4935713224octave8 line stanza33
4935713225sonnet in generalbig topics like love, death, God, set up situation/question, answer or commentary34
4935713226italian petrarchan sonnetoctave and sestet35
4935713227english shakespearian sonnet3 quatrains and couplet36
4935713228haiku5, 7, 537
4935713229picture poema type of open poetry in which the poet arranges the lines of the poem to create a shape or picture on the page.38

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