Lesson Introduction

Question 1

How did you do? If you didn't do well, don't stress because we're going to go over it in detail right now.

Accepted Answer

I'm not too confident with my poetry knowledge.

Question 2

What is the difference between rhythm and rhyme?

Accepted Answer

Rhythm is the pattern, rhyme is the corresponding words

Question 3

Yes, that's right! All of the previous answers were correct!

Accepted Answer

I knew that!, I'll remember that!

Question 4

The following words are taken from the end of each line within a stanza. Which one is an alternate rhyme?

Accepted Answer

Trees, exciting, breeze, inviting

Question 5

What creates rhythm in a poem?

Accepted Answer

Pauses, Line Breaks, Stressed and Unstressed Syllables, Repetition

Question 6

What is the rhythm of the first 7 stanzas in Maya Angelou's poem "Still I Rise"?

Accepted Answer

Coupled Rhyme (AABB), Simple Four-Line Rhyme (ABCB), Alternate Rhyme (ABAB), Enclosed Rhyme (ABBA)

Question 7

A poem has to follow the same rhyme scheme in every stanza.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

The second and fourth lines in "Still I Rise" end with rhyming words, unlike the first and third. Hence, ABCB.

Accepted Answer

I'm still confused., Got it!, This explanation was helpful!

Question 9

In "Still I Rise", the final two stanzas have a completely different rhyme scheme.

Accepted Answer

Ok, got it!, This doesn't make sense.

Questions 9