Definitions Definitions
Name That Poem
True or False
Which Lines Rhyme?
100

Which poem tells a story?

Narrative

100

The Boy Who Ate Glue

A curious boy named Drew

Decided to taste some glue.

His lips made a smack,

Stuck tight, front and back,

Now he whistles to speak, it’s true!

limerick or humorous

100

All poems must rhyme.

False-free verse poems do not rhyme.

100

Name a word that rhymes with 

fan. 

man

ran

tan

can

200

Which poem has both rhythm and rhyme?

lyrical

200

The fog comes
on little cat feet.

It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.

free verse
200

The main purpose of poetry can be to entertain.

True (Sometimes poetry is written to express a feeling or paint a picture.)

200

Name a word that rhymes with dog.

frog

fog

log


300

What type of poem takes the shape of its subject?

concrete

300


Concrete poem

300

Lyrical poems contain both rhythm and rhyme.

True

300
  •  By A. A. Milne

When I was One,
I had just begun.
When I was Two,
I was nearly new. 

Which lines rhyme

lines 1 and 2 rhyme

lines 3 and 4 rhyme

400

Name the poem that does not have rhythm or rhyme.

free verse

400


lyrical

400

Free verse poems rhyme.

False

400
  • By Frank Dempster Sherman

At evening when I go to bed
I see the stars shine overhead;
They are the little daisies white
That dot the meadow of the Night.

What is the rhyme scheme?

AABB

500

Which type of poem is silly and contains a rhyming pattern?

limerick or humorous

500
  1. Mary Had A Little Lamb
  2. By Mother Goose

    Mary had a little lamb,

    Its fleece was white as snow;

    And everywhere that Mary went,

    The lamb was sure to go.

    He followed, her to school one day;

    That was against the rule;

    It made the children laugh and play

    To see a lamb at school.

narrative poem and lyrical

500

Haiku poems are a Japanese poem that has 3 lines with a syllable pattern of 5-7-5.

True

500
  1. Firefly
  2. By Elizabeth Madox Roberts

    A little light is going by,

    Is going up to see the sky,

    A little light with wings.

    I never could have thought of it,

    To have a little bug all lit

    And made to go on wings


Which lines rhyme?


lines 1 and 2

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