Rhyme Scheme
Types of Poems
Poem Structure
Poetic Devices
100

What is the rhyme scheme of this stanza?

I love thee freely, as men strive for right.

I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.

I love thee with the breath, Smiles, of all my life.

ABA

100

What type of poem addresses a person or thing that is not present?

Apostrophe poem

100

What is the paragraph of a poem called?

Stanza

100

What is a comparison using like or as?

Simile

200

What is it called when when two words share only the same final consonant sound 

Slant rhyme

200

What type of poem repeats the same word or phrases in consecutive lines.

Anaphora

200

What is the sentence of a poem called?

Line

200

What is a comparison not using like or as?

Metaphor

300

What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?

The wind blew softly through the sky,

The branches danced along the way, 

The clouds went drifting slowly by, 

As sunlight turned to golden day. ABA

ABAB

300

 What is it called when the same form is repeated in a series of lines or stanzas in a poem?

Parallel structure

300

What is the name of the space in between two stanzas?

Stanza break

300

What is descriptive words that appeal to the five senses? Smell, touch, taste, sound, sight

Imagery

400

True or false. This is a slant rhyme poem.

The tree that never had to fight
For sun and sky and air and light,
But stood out in the open plain
And always got its share of rain,

False

400

What is a poem with 19 lines of 5 tercets that have the same rhyme scheme of ABA and a final stanza with the rhyme scheme of ABAA?

Villanelle poem

400

What is a four line stanza called?

Quatrain

400

What is the mood or attitude of a poem called?

Tone

500

What does is a rime?

Synonym for rhyme

500

What type of poem is written about he craft of poetry?

Ars poem

500

What is a three line stanza called?

Tercet

500

What literary device gives human qualities and actions to animals or objects?

personification

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