AP Workbook Chapter9

Iamb

1 unaccented + 1 accented

Trochee

1 accented + 1 unaccented

Anapest

2 unaccented + 1 accented

Dactyl

1 accented + 2 unaccented

Spondee

2 accented

Scansion

The analysis of a poem’s form and meter

Foot

A pattern of syllables

Meter

Pattern of beats or accents

1 foot

Monometer

2 feet

Dimeter

3 feet

Trimeter

4 feet

Tetrameter

5 feet

Pentameter

6 feet

Hexameter

7 feet

Heptameter

8 feet

Octameter

9 feet

Nonometer

2 lines

Couplet

3 lines

Tercet

4 lines

Quatrain

5 lines

Cinquain

6 lines

Sestet

7 lines

Septet

8 lines

Octave

Masculine rhyme

Last stressed syllable of the rhyming words match exactly

Internal rhyme

Occur within the line and add to the music of the poem

Feminine rhyme

Two consecutive syllables of the rhyming words with the first syllable stressed

Ballad

Narrative that is simple; employs dialogue, repetition, and minor characterization; is written in quatrains; has a rhyme scheme and a refrain; composed of two lines of iambic tetrameter which alternate with two lines of iambic trimeter

Lyric poetry

Highly personal and emotional

Ode

Formal lyric poem that addresses subjects of elevated stature

Elegy

Formal lyric poem written in honor of one who has died

Dramatic monologue

Relates an episode in a speakers life through a conversational format that reveals the character of the speaker

Sonnet

Most popular fixed from in poetry

Italian sonnet

Divided into an octave and a sestet

Villanelle

Fixed form of poetry with 6 stanzas, 5 tercets, and a final quatrain