Poetry Vocabulary

Question 1

A RHYME SCHEME is the pattern of rhyme that comes at the end of each verse.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

What is a VERSE?

Accepted Answer

a single line of poetry

Question 3

What is the mood of an ELEGY?

Accepted Answer

sad

Question 4

What is the main requirement of a SONNET?

Accepted Answer

They have 14 lines.

Question 5

This is an example of an INTERNAL RHYME.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

A METER is a stressed/unstressed syllabic pattern in a verse/poem.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

FREE VERSE poetry means what?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 8

A NARRATIVE poem is similar to a narrative story.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

A STANZA is a grouping of ____________ in a poem, separated by spaces.

Accepted Answer

lines or verses

Question 10

Which poem type is often set to music and typically uses an ABAB rhyme scheme?

Accepted Answer

ballad

Question 11

What is RHYME?

Accepted Answer

the repetition of the same sounds at the ends of multiple words

Question 12

A poetic device that repeats, at regular intervals, in different stanzas is a ___________.

Accepted Answer

refrain

Question 13

What is an ODE?

Accepted Answer

expresses emotions, usually addressed to someone/something

Question 14

Rhymes at the ends of lines are:

Accepted Answer

end rhymes

Question 15

Which poem uses the first letter of each verse/line to spell out the poem topic?

Accepted Answer

acrostic

Question 16

HAIKU poetry originated in China.

Accepted Answer

False

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