Poetry forms

Question 1

Type the poetry term (in English) that matches this description. Poetry with no regular rhyme or metre.

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Question 2

Which poetic form is this? (/ shows a new line) The bus is late again. / Rain writes its long letters on the glass, / and nobody reads them.

• A. sonnet
• B. free verse
• C. quatrain
• D. couplet

Question 3

Which poetry term matches this description? A 14-line poem, usually in iambic pentameter, with a set rhyme scheme.

• A. ballad
• B. elegy
• C. sonnet
• D. limerick

Question 4

Type the poetry term (in English) that matches this description. A poem of mourning for someone who has died.

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Question 5

Which poetic form is this? (/ shows a new line) The bus is late again. / Rain writes its long letters on the glass, / and nobody reads them.

• A. free verse
• B. ode
• C. quatrain
• D. ballad

Question 6

Which poetry term matches this description? A poem of mourning for someone who has died.

• A. limerick
• B. elegy
• C. quatrain
• D. ballad

Question 7

Type the poetry term (in English) that matches this description. A stanza of four lines.

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Question 8

Which poetic form is this? (/ shows a new line) The bus is late again. / Rain writes its long letters on the glass, / and nobody reads them.

• A. free verse
• B. couplet
• C. ballad
• D. sonnet

Question 9

Which poetry term matches this description? A poem that tells a story, often in four-line stanzas, and was traditionally sung.

• A. limerick
• B. ballad
• C. ode
• D. haiku

Question 10

Type the poetry term (in English) that matches this description. A three-line poem from Japan, traditionally with 5, 7 and 5 syllables, often about nature.

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Question 11

Which poetic form is this? (/ shows a new line) The bus is late again. / Rain writes its long letters on the glass, / and nobody reads them.

• A. limerick
• B. haiku
• C. free verse
• D. sonnet

Question 12

Which poetry term matches this description? Poetry with no regular rhyme or metre.

• A. quatrain
• B. free verse
• C. ode
• D. ballad

Question 13

Type the poetry term (in English) that matches this description. A poem of mourning for someone who has died.

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Question 14

Which poetic form is this? (/ shows a new line) The bus is late again. / Rain writes its long letters on the glass, / and nobody reads them.

• A. sonnet
• B. ballad
• C. limerick
• D. free verse

Question 15

Which poetry term matches this description? A three-line poem from Japan, traditionally with 5, 7 and 5 syllables, often about nature.

• A. free verse
• B. sonnet
• C. haiku
• D. couplet

Question 16

Type the poetry term (in English) that matches this description. A 14-line poem, usually in iambic pentameter, with a set rhyme scheme.

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