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Flashcards by Holly Hunt, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Holly Hunt
over 2 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What is Iambic Tetrameter? | 4 beats to a line (8 syllables) unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable |
| What is Lyric Poetry? | An expression of personal emotion in 1st person narrative |
| What is a Volta? | A dramatic change in emotion |
| What is Shakespearean Form? | 3 sets of 4 lines, 2 lines which are a rhyming couplet |
| What is Iambic Pentameter? | 10 syllables per line |
| What is a Quatrain? | 3 stanzas of 4 lines |
| What is a sestet? | Equal 6 six stanzas of 4 lines |
| What is Enjambment? | The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line or stanza |
| What is a Caesura? | A break between words using a metrical foot (dash) |
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