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Which poem requires your best guess?
Riddle
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
All poems must rhyme.
False-free verse poems do not rhyme.
Name a word that rhymes with
fan.
man
ran
tan
can
Which poem has 14lines?
Sonnet
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
free verse
The main purpose of poetry can be to entertain.
True (Sometimes poetry is written to express a feeling or paint a picture.)
Name a word that rhymes with dog.
frog
fog
log
What type of poem has 3 lines and 17syllables to describe an object or topic?
Whispers of the breeze,
Cherry blossoms gently fall,
Spring's soft kiss lingers.
Haiku Poem
Limerick poems contain both rhythm and rhyme.
True
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
Name the poem that does not have rhythm or rhyme.
free verse
There was an old man of Nantucket
Who kept all his cash in a bucket;
But his daughter, named Nan,
Ran away with a man,
And as for the bucket, Nantucket.
Limerick
Free verse poems rhyme.
False
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
Which type of poem is silly and contains a rhyming pattern?
limerick or humorous
My wings beat fast two hundred times a second what am I...
Riddle Poem
Haiku poems are a Japanese poem that has 3 lines with a syllable pattern of 5-7-5.
True
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