Poetic Form
Originating in Japan, this poem has three lines 5-7-5 syllables.
What is haiku?
The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line
What is rhyme scheme?
This author opened his sonnet with "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Who is William Shakespeare?
She was the youngest woman to ever win the Nobel Peace Prize, which she was awarded for her efforts to educate girls in Pakistan
Who is Malala Yousafzai?
From Marvel to HBO, this versitile actress won her first Emmy in 2020.
Who is Zendaya?
William Shakespeare wrote so many of this type of poem that has a 14 lines, iambic pentameter, and a specific rhyme scheme, that its now named after him.
What is a sonnet?
Pairs of rhyming lines
What is a couplet?
Do you hear the people sing? This author's novel Les Miserables was adapted for the stage in 1980
Who is Victor Hugo?
She won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for her research on radium
Who is Marie Curie?
Fighting fungus in The Last of Us earned her an Emmy in 2024
Who is Bella Ramsey?
These poems have no rules; you're free to write your verse however you want
What is free verse?
Originating in Ireland, this humurous form follows AABBA rhyme scheme
What is a limerick?
He believed nothing gold can stay
Who is Robert Frost?
She won the Nobel Prize for literature for works like The Bluest Eye and Beloved
Who is Toni Morrison?
From E.T. to Apple TV, this actress has 6 nominations and 1 win for Outstanding Lead Actress
Who is Reese Witherspoon?
A poem to celebrate someone or something.
What is an ode?
Rhyme within the same line of a poem
What is internal rhyme?
Unknown in her own time, this poet wrote "I'm Nobody. Who are you? Are you Nobody too?
Who is Emily Dickinson?
This nun won the Nobel Peace Prize for her work with schools, orphanages, and hospitals in Kolkata, India
Who is Mother Teresa?
In 2015, she was the first Black woman to win an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama for her role in How to Get Away with Murder
Who is Viola Davis?
A long poem about a great story, like Beowulf and The Odyssey
What is an epic?
A rhyme scheme with words that sound similar, but aren't perfect rhymes
What is slant rhyme/imperfect rhyme?
Oh well I never saw a poet so clever! He wrote the book of poems the musical Cats is based on
Who is T.S. Eliot?
The only woman to ever win two Nobel Prizes, once jointly with her husband Pierre for Physics and individually for Chemistry
Who is Marie Curie?
She made Margaret Atwood proud when she won two Emmy's for her potrayal of Offred
Who is Elisabeth Moss?