Types of Poems
Poetry Terms
Poems
Counting Syllables
Miscellaneous
100
This poem has three lines and focuses on nature
haiku
100
the similarity of vowel sounds in two or more words
assonance
100
blackout poetry
100
She was sprinkling them on cupcakes
8
100
RHYME SCHEME
Why don't you swing from monkey bars?
Why don't you wish on falling stars?
Why don't you run in three-legged races?
Why don't you make weird faces?
AABB
200
Which type of poetry uses the title of the poem to create the poem?
acrostic poem
200
a division of the poem based on thought or form
stanza
200
An ocean voyage
As waves break over the bow
the sea welcomes me.
haiku
200
The lightning struck the house
6
200
True or False
Haikus need to rhyme
FALSE
300
Which type of poem does the poet remove words to create a poem?
blackout poetry
300
the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables
rhythm
300
concrete poetry
300
The automobile came to an abrupt stop
11
300
How many syllables are in a haiku?
Line by line
5-7-5
400
In which type of poem, does a poet sometimes use words that aren't as familiar to us? These are older poems.
traditional poetry
400
the similarity of sounds that occurs between two or more words in the same line of verse
internal rhyme
400
There was an Old Man with a beard
Who said, "It is just as I feared!
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!"
limerick
400
onomatopoeia is awesome
9
400
The use of sounds that are similar but not exactly the same
approximate rhyme
slant rhyme
500
Which type of poem is humorous in nature?
limerick
500
two rhyming lines of poetry
couplet
500
I was not happy
with the rain
until my eye caught
five wet leaves --
a mysterious
autumn
watercolor gift
here
on this broken road
free verse
500
Eighth-grade students are the best there is, no cap
11
500
How many syllables are in each line of a limerick
7-10
7-10
5
5
7-10