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A four line stanza.
Quatrain
100
A fourteen line poem that states a poet's personal feelings. a. Haiku b. Elegy c. Sonnet d. Octave
c. Sonnet
100
T/F. If false, correct it: A couplet is three line stanza that usually rhymes and states one complete idea.
False. A couplet is two line stanza that usually rhymes and stated one complete idea.
200
A five-line stanza
Cinquain
200
The repeating of beginning consonant sounds. a. Assonance b. Consonance c. Alliteration d. Repetition
c. Alliteration
200
What type of poetry is this: There once was a man from Peru Who had a lot of growing up to do, He’d ring a doorbell, then run like hell, Until the owner shot him with a .22. Anonymous
A limerick
300
A type of Japanese poetry that presents a picture of nature. It is three lines in length.
A haiku.
300
A form of humorous verse made up of two words that rhyme and have the same number of syllables. a. Limerick b. Contrast Couplet c. Ballad d. Terse Verse
d. Terse Verse
300
What type of poetry is this: It little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags Match’d with an aged wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race…., That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me. Alfred Lord Tennyson
A Blank Verse
400
A humorous verse of five lines. The rhyming pattern is aabba.
A limerick
400
Two accented syllables before one accented. a. Spondaic b. Anapestic c. Dactylic d. Iambic
b. Anapestic
400
Check for mistakes: Cherihew Poetry is a form of humorous or light verse created by Edmund Cherihew Beetlly.
"Cherihew Bentley"
500
A long lyric that is deep in feeling and rich in poetic devices and imagery.
An Ode.
500
An unrhymed poetry with meter. The lines are 10 syllables in length. a. Ballad b. Blank Verse c. Epic d. Lyric
b. Blank Verse
500
Correct the mistakes: Couplet: Three line stanzas Triplet: Four line stanzas Sonnet: Fourteen line stanzas Sestet: Seven line stanzas Octave: Eight line stanzas Quatrain: Seven line stanzas Cinquain: Six line stanzas Septet: Two line stanzas
Triplet: Three line stanzas Sonnet: Fourteen line stanzas Sestet: Six line stanzas Octave: Eight line stanzas Quatrain: Four line stanzas Cinquain: Five line stanzas Septet: Seven line stanzas
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