| Term | Definition |
|---|
| English syllable sound | accentual (quality of sound: syllables) |
| prose | units of meaning |
| poetry | units of time/sound |
| irregular | imperfect pattern fit (specify) |
| regular | perfect pattern fit |
| blank verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter |
| bisyllabic | foot w/ 2 syllables |
| ballad | Quatrain(s) comprised of alternating lines of iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter w/ rhyme scheme a b c b |
| sonnet (english) (shakespearian) | 14 lines of iambic pentameter abab cdcd efef gg |
| (Greek/Latin) Classical syllable sound | duration (quality of sound syllables) |
| heptameter | 7 feet / line |
| hexameter | 6 feet / line |
| pentameter | 5 feet / line |
| tetrameter | 4 feet / line |
| trimeter | 3 feet / line |
| dimeter | 2 feet / line |
| monometer | 1 foot / line |
| trisyllabic | foot w/ 3 syllables |
| triplet | 3 lines per verse |
| couplet | 2 lines per verse |
| decameter | 10 feet / line |
| octameter | 8 feet / line |
| -meter | (root used) for feet per line |
| octave | 8 lines per verse |
| sestet | 6 lines per verse |
| quatrain | 4 lines per verse |
| foot (1) | clustered syllables |
| foot (2) | analog to prose word |
| word (1) | clustered letters |
| word (2) | analog to poetry foot |
| letter (1) | prose smallest unit |
| letter (2) | analog to poetry syllable |
| syllable (1) | poetry smallest unit |
| syllable (2) | analog to prose letter |
| paragraph (1) | clustered sentences |
| paragraph (2) | analog to poetry verse |
| line (1) | clustered feet |
| line (2) | analog to prose sentence |
| sentence (1) | clustered words |
| sentence (2) | analog to poetry line |
| verse (1) | clustered lines |
| verse (2) | analog to prose paragraph |
| scanning (1) | process of discovering and naming metrical structure of a poem |
| scanning (2) | aloud, accented, unaccented; patterns ID'd and named |
Combine with other sets
Share on Facebook
Share on MySpace