poetry
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Created by:
natalierose8 on April 12, 2011
Subjects:
advanced placement literature&composition
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27 terms
Italian | English |
|---|---|
 anapest | a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables |
| dactyl | a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables |
| iamb | a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables |
| trochee | a metrical unit with stressed-stressed-unstressed syllables |
| spondee | a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables |
| pyrrhic | a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables |
| molossus | verse foot of three long syllables |
| amphibrach | a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., 'remember') |
| cretic (amphimacer) | stress, unstress, stress |
| choriamb | a metrical unit with stressed-two unstressed syllables-stressed syllables |
| chant royal | ab ab cc dd edE |
| cinquain | ababb |
| clerihew | aabb |
| couplet | aa |
| enclosed rhyme | abba |
| limerick | aabba |
| monorhyme | aaa... |
| ottava rima | abababcc |
| rhyme royal | ababbcc |
| rondelet | AbAabbA |
| rubaiyat | aaba |
| scottish stanza | aaabab |
| tanaga | aaaa |
| terza rima | aba bcb cdc |
| triplet | aaa...bbb... |
| villanelle | A1bA2 abA1 abA2 abA1 ab A2 abA1A2 |
| sestina | abcdef faebdc cfdabe ecbfad deacfb bdfeca |
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