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Lit Test
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| T(1) | Title |
| P | Paraphrase |
| C | Connotation |
| A | Attitude(Tone) |
| S | Shifts |
| T(2) | Title Reanalyzed |
| T | Theme |
| Cantos | Sections where long poems are divided |
| Rhymed Couplet (2) | 2 lines w/identical rhymes |
| Heroic Couplet (2) | 2 lines w/identical rhymes usually in iambic pentameter & is usually closed, meaning both lines end-stopped |
| Tercet/Triplet (3) | 3 lines, any rhyme scheme/meter |
| Quatrain (4) | 4 lines, any rhyme scheme/meter |
| Ballad Quatrain (4) | 4 lines a b c b, 1st & 3rd iambic tetrameter, 2nd & 4th lines iambic trimeter |
| Quintet (5) | 5 lines, any rhyme scheme/meter |
| Cinquain (5) | 5 lines, no rhyme/meter BUT 2, 4, 6, 8, 2 syllables a line |
| Sestet (6) | 6 lines (usually 3 sets of couplets), any rhyme scheme/meter` |
| Rime Royal (7) | 7 lines, rhyming a b a b b c c, iambic pentameter |
| Octave (8) | 8 lines, any rhyme/meter |
| Ottava Rima (8) | 8 lines, rhyming a b a b a b c c, iambic pentameter |
| Spenserian Stanza (9) | 9 lines, rhyming a b a b b c b c c, 1-8 imabic pentameter, 9 iambic hexameter |
| Sonnet (14) | 14 lines, iambic pentameter, ENGLISH 3 quatrians + 1 couplet abab cdcd efef gg, ITALIAN 1 octave + 1 sestet abbaabba cdcde or cdcdee or cdccdc |
| Villanelle (19) | 19 lines, 5 tercets + 1 quatrian, 2 repeating refrains (8-19) line 1 A' (repeating 6, 12, 18) line 3 A" (repeated 9, 15, 19) |
| Blank Verse | Any number of lines, no rhyme, usually iambic pentameter |
| Free Verse | Any number of lines, no rhyme/meter |