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18 Cards in this Set
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meter |
D- The regular pattern or measurable repetition of accented and unaccented syllables in verse. |
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scansion |
D- Process of defining the metrical form of a poem |
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feet |
D- One basic unit of meter that consists of stressed and unstressed syllables |
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iamb |
D- Metrical foot that consists of unstressed stressed syllables. ̆ ́ E- Th ̆e o ́n|l ̆y ne ́ws | ̆I kn ́ow I ̆s bu ́ll| ̆eti ́ns |a ̆ll da ́y |
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troche |
D- Metrical foot that consists of stressed unstressed syllables. ́ E- Th ́e Gr ̆izz|l ́y B ̆ear | i ́s hu ̆ge |an ́d wi ̆ld; H ́e h ̆as |d ́evo ̆ur|e ́d a ̆n |i ́nfa ̆nt |c ́hil ̆d. |
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anapest |
D- Metrical foot that consists of unstressed unstressed stressed syllables. ̆ ̆ ́ E- Th ̆e A ̆ssy ́r|i ̆an ca ̆me do ́wn| lik ̆e th ̆e wo ́lf |o ̆n t ̆he fo ́ld, A ̆nd h ̆is c ́o|h ̆orts we ̆re gle ́am|in ̆g i ̆n pu ́rp|l ̆e an ̆d go ́ld; |
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dactylic |
D- Metrical foot that consists of stressed unstressed unstressed syllables. ́ ̆ E- H ́alf ̆a lea ̆gue,| ha ́lf ̆a lea ̆gue, H ́alf ̆a lea ̆gue |o ́nw ̆ard, |
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spondee |
D- Metrical foot that consists of stressed stressed syllables. ́ ́ E- I ́f ́I |d ́o pr ́ove| her h ́aggard, Though that her jesses were my dear he ́art-stri ́ngs, |
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pyrrhic |
D- Metrical foot that consists of unstressed unstressed syllables. ̆ ̆ E- "My way | i ̆ s t ̆ o | begin | wi ̆ th th ̆ e | beginning." |
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amphilbrach |
D- Metrical foot that consists of unstressed stressed unstressed syllables. ̆ ́ E- R ̆ele ́as’d fr ̆om | th ̆e no ́ise o ̆f |th ̆e bu ́tche ̆r |a ̆nd b ́ake ̆r Wh ̆o, m ́y ol ̆d| frie ̆nds b ́e than ̆ked,| di ̆d se ́ldo ̆m |f ̆orsa ́ke he ̆r, |
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metrical lines- |
D- Another basic unit of meter that is measured by naming the number of feet. |
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monometer |
D- one foot E- Thus I Passe by, And die: As One, Unknown, And gon: I’m made A shade, And laid I’th grave, There have My Cave. Where tell I dwell, Farewell. |
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dimeter |
D- two feet E- When I |descend Toward |the brink I stand |and look And stop| and drink And bathe| my wings, And chink, |and prink.' |
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trimeter |
D- three feet E- The on|ly news| I know Is bul|letins| all day From Im|mortal|ity. The on|ly shows| I see, Tomor|row and| Today, Perchance| Eter|nity. |
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tetrameter |
D- four feet E- And did |those feet |in an|cient time Walk up|on En|gland’s moun|tains green? And was| the hol|y Lamb |of God On En|gland’s pleas|ant past|ures seen? |
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pentameter |
D- five feet E- Batter |my heart| three-person|ed God,| for you as yet| but knock,|breathe, shine |and seek| to mend |
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hexameter |
D- six feet E- Nor a | ny o | ther wold | like Cot | swold e | ver sped,So rich | and fair | a vale | in for | tuning | to wed. |
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heptameter |
D- seven feet E- Now Sam | McGee | was from Tenn|essee, | where the co|tton blooms | and blows. Why he |left his |home in |the South |to roam 'round the |Pole, God |only knows. |