THE LOGOPHILE LEXICON
PART V: CORE COMPONENTS
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5.1: Core Components - Fiction
5.2a: Core Components - Types of Poetry
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5.1: Core Components - Fiction
5.2a: Core Components - Types of Poetry
- 5.2b: Poetry by the Numbers
- 5.2.c: Poetic Form and Structure
- 5.2d: Figures of Speech
- 5.2e: Poetic Movements and Ages
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Part 5.2b: Core Components- Poetry By the Numbers
ALEXANDRINE - A line of poetry that has 12 syllables.
ANAPEST - A metrical foot of three syllables, two short (or unstressed) followed by one long (or stressed).
BALLADE - A type of poem, usually with three stanzas of seven, eight, or ten lines and a shorter final stanza (or envoy) of four or five lines. All stanzas end with the same one-line refrain.
CHAPBOOK - A small book of about 24-50 pages.
COUPLET - Stanza of 2 lines; often, a pair of rhymed lines.
CRETIC - Also known as amphimacer. A Greek and Latin metrical foot consisting of a short syllable enclosed by two long syllables
DACTYL - Foot consisting of a stress followed by 2 unstressed syllables.
DECASYLLABLE - Line consisting of 10 syllables.
DIAMETER - A line of verse composed of two feet.
DOUBLE DACTYL - Consists of two quatrains, each with three double-dactyl lines followed by a shorter dactyl-spondee pair. The two spondees rhyme.
FIB - six-line poem in which the number of syllables per line follow the Fibonacci sequence: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8. The form was invented by Gregory K. Pincus.
FOURTEENER - A metrical line of 14 syllables (usually seven iambic feet).
HENDECASYLLABLE - Line consisting of 11 syllables. typically a spondee or trochee, a choriamb, and two iambs, the second of which has an additional syllable at the end.
HEPTAMETER - A line of poetry that has seven metrical feet.
HEROIC COUPLET - stanza composed of two rhymed lines in iambic pentameter.
HEXAMETER - metrical line of six feet, most often dactylic, and found in Classical Latin or Greek poetry, including Homer’s Iliad.
IAMB - Foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stress.
HEXAMETER - Line consisting of 6 metrical feet.
OCTAVE - Stanza of 8 lines.
OTTAVA RIMA - Originally an Italian stanza of eight 11-syllable lines, with a rhyme scheme of ABABABCC.
PENTAMETER - Line consisting of 5 metrical feet.
POULTER’S MEASURE - Couplets in which a 12-syllable iambic line (see Alexandrine) rhymes with a 14-syllable iambic line (see Fourteener).
QUATRAIN- Stanza of 4 lines.
QUINTAIN - Stanza of 5 lines.
SEPTET - Stanza of 7 lines.
SESTET - Stanza of 6 lines.
SPONDEE - Foot consisting of 2 stressed syllables.
TERCET - Stanza or poem of 3 lines.
TETRAMETER - Line consisting of 4 metrical feet.
TROCHEE - Foot consisting of a stress followed by an unstressed syllable.
TRIMETER - line of three metrical feet.
TRIOLET - eight-line stanza having just two rhymes and repeating the first line as the fourth and seventh lines, and the second line as the eighth.
ANAPEST - A metrical foot of three syllables, two short (or unstressed) followed by one long (or stressed).
BALLADE - A type of poem, usually with three stanzas of seven, eight, or ten lines and a shorter final stanza (or envoy) of four or five lines. All stanzas end with the same one-line refrain.
CHAPBOOK - A small book of about 24-50 pages.
COUPLET - Stanza of 2 lines; often, a pair of rhymed lines.
CRETIC - Also known as amphimacer. A Greek and Latin metrical foot consisting of a short syllable enclosed by two long syllables
DACTYL - Foot consisting of a stress followed by 2 unstressed syllables.
DECASYLLABLE - Line consisting of 10 syllables.
DIAMETER - A line of verse composed of two feet.
DOUBLE DACTYL - Consists of two quatrains, each with three double-dactyl lines followed by a shorter dactyl-spondee pair. The two spondees rhyme.
FIB - six-line poem in which the number of syllables per line follow the Fibonacci sequence: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8. The form was invented by Gregory K. Pincus.
FOURTEENER - A metrical line of 14 syllables (usually seven iambic feet).
HENDECASYLLABLE - Line consisting of 11 syllables. typically a spondee or trochee, a choriamb, and two iambs, the second of which has an additional syllable at the end.
HEPTAMETER - A line of poetry that has seven metrical feet.
HEROIC COUPLET - stanza composed of two rhymed lines in iambic pentameter.
HEXAMETER - metrical line of six feet, most often dactylic, and found in Classical Latin or Greek poetry, including Homer’s Iliad.
IAMB - Foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stress.
HEXAMETER - Line consisting of 6 metrical feet.
OCTAVE - Stanza of 8 lines.
OTTAVA RIMA - Originally an Italian stanza of eight 11-syllable lines, with a rhyme scheme of ABABABCC.
PENTAMETER - Line consisting of 5 metrical feet.
POULTER’S MEASURE - Couplets in which a 12-syllable iambic line (see Alexandrine) rhymes with a 14-syllable iambic line (see Fourteener).
QUATRAIN- Stanza of 4 lines.
QUINTAIN - Stanza of 5 lines.
SEPTET - Stanza of 7 lines.
SESTET - Stanza of 6 lines.
SPONDEE - Foot consisting of 2 stressed syllables.
TERCET - Stanza or poem of 3 lines.
TETRAMETER - Line consisting of 4 metrical feet.
TROCHEE - Foot consisting of a stress followed by an unstressed syllable.
TRIMETER - line of three metrical feet.
TRIOLET - eight-line stanza having just two rhymes and repeating the first line as the fourth and seventh lines, and the second line as the eighth.
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