文档介绍：Forpersonaluseonlyinstudyandresearch;mercialuseEnglishLiterature1 AnIntroductiontoEnglishPoetrySomeKeyTermsforPoetryStudiesStanza: Inpoetry,,setoffbyaspace,:2-lines=Couplet(ordistich['distik])3-lines=Tercet(['tə:sit])(ortriplet['triplit])4-lines=Quatrain(['kwɔtrein])5-lines=Quintain(['kwintin])(orcinquain[siŋ'kwein])6-lines=Sextain(['sekstein])7-lines=Septet([sep'tet])8-lines=Octave(['ɔkteiv,-tiv])Foot: Inverse,:inEnglish,:iamb: (['aiæmb])oneunstressedsyllablefollowedbyastressedsyllabletrochee: (['trəuki:])onestressedsyllablefollowedbyanunstressedsyllabledactyl: (['dæktil])onestressedsyllablefollowedbytwounstressedsyllablesanapest: (['ænəpi:st])twounstressedsyllablesfollowedbyonestressedsyllablespondee: (['spɔndi:])twostressedsyllablestogetherpyrrhic: (['pirik])twounstressedsyllablestogether(rare,usuallyusedtoenddactylichexameter)ThenumberofmetricalfeetinalineisdescribedinGreekterminologyasfollows:dimeter: (['dimitə])twofeettrimeter: (['trimitə])threefeettetrameter: ([te'træmitə])fourfeetpentameter: ([pen'tæmitə])fivefeethexameter: ([hek'sæmitə])sixfeet(thesix-footiambichexameteriscalledAlexandrine)heptameter: ([hep'tæmitə])sevenfeetoctameter: ([ɔk'tæmitə])eightfeetRhyme: ("hard-rhyme")orsimilar("soft-rhyme")soundsplacedattheendsoflinesoratpredictablelocationswithinlines("internalrhyme").:masculine: arhymeinwhichthestressisonthefinalsyllableofthewords.(.,rhyme/sublime)feminine: arhymeinwhichthestressisonthepenultimate(secondfromlast)syllableofthewords.(.,pic