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1. a line of verse consisting of five feet

1

pentameter

2. a foot having one accented syllable followed by one unaccented syllable

sonnet

3. a poem having fourteen lines and a formal arrangement of rhymes, usually written in iambic pentameter

quatrain

4. a poem that tells a story

trochee

5. a stanza or poem with four lines, usually with alternate rhymes

ballad

The answers to the mentioned statements are as follows:

1. [Pentameter] a line of verse consisting of five feet

2. [Trochee] a foot having one accented syllable followed by one unaccented syllable

3. [Sonnet] a poem having fourteen lines and a formal arrangement of rhymes, usually written in iambic pentameter

4. [Ballad] a poem that tells a story

5. [Quatrain] a stanza or poem with four lines, usually with alternate rhymes