AP Poetry Quiz

The _________ is one of the earliest poetic forms (a narrative originally spoken or sung).

Six lines that rhyme are called a ____________(stanza form).

True/False: Odes are formal lyrics that honor something or someone.

In describing poetry, a line with 8 feet is called ___________.

When describing a poem's meter, the trochee (trochaic foot) sounds like ...

In describing poetry, a line with one foot is called __________.  

True/False: The sonnet is a 12 line form of poetry.

True/False: Ballads are complex narratives.

True/False: Lyric poetry is subjective and emotional. 

_________ poetry is highly personal, emotional and can be simple or elevated (ode, elegy).   

True/False: Poetry has its own form. 

In describing poetry, a line with 2 feet is called ___________. 

How many syllables are in a line of dactylic trimeter?

__________ is an adjective that describes any work lamenting a serious loss.

True/False: Narrative poetry tells stories.

The _________ is a formal lyric poem that addresses subjects of an elevated nature.

When describing a poem's meter, the anapest (anapestic foot) sounds like ...

True/False: Meter and rhyme compose the sound of poetry. 

True/False: The villanelle is a fixed form that depends on refrains. 

Five lines that rhyme are called a ____________(stanza form).

The _______ is the most popular fixed form in poetry and has 14 lines of iambic pentameter.

Seven lines that rhyme are called a ____________(stanza form).

When describing a poem's meter, the dactyl (dactylic foot) sounds like ...

How many syllables are in a line of iambic pentameter?

In describing poetry, a line with 5 feet is called ___________.

In describing poetry, a line with 3 feet is called ___________.

True/False: Elegies are lyrics that praise someone or something.

In describing poetry, a line with 4 feet is called ___________.

Three lines that rhyme are called a ____________(stanza form).

The analysis of a poem's form and meter is called _____________

True/False: Dramatic monologues converse with the reader as they reveal events.

Eight lines that rhyme are called a ____________(stanza form).

The _________ relates an episode in a speaker's life through a conversational format. 

When describing a poem's meter, the spondee (spondaic foot) sounds like ...

The __________ is a fixed form in poetry.  It has 6 stanzas and 2 refrains.    

The _______ is a formal lyric poem written in honor of someone who has died.

When describing a poem's meter, the iamb (iambic foot) sounds like ...

In describing poetry, a line with 6 feet is called ___________.

True/False: Lyric poetry tells stories.

Four lines that rhyme are called a ____________(stanza form).

How many STRESSED syllables are in a line of spondic monometer? 

True/False: The foot, line and stanza are the building blocks of prose. 

In describing poetry, a line with 7 feet is called ___________.

Two lines that rhyme are called a _____________ (stanza form)