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
- Mary Had A Little Lamb
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
- Firefly
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