Poetry Vocab & Types

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The ballad is a popular narrative song passed down and tells stories that are:

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All of the above

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Clouds murmur darkly, it is a blinding habit— gazing at the moon.
This poem is an example of:

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Haiku

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Haiku poems originated in Japan and often have three unrhymed lines of seven, five, seven syllables.

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False

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Spoken Word poetry is intended for performance and contains elements from:

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Rap, hip-hop, jazz, rock, and folk music.

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A sonnet has how many lines?

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14

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Sonnets were created in Italy and imported to which country?

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England

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There is only one type of sonnet.

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False

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Sonnets usually reflect on a single thought, with a "turn" of thought . . .

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. . . in its concluding lines.

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A poem that addresses, and often celebrates a person, place, thing, or idea is known as:

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An ode

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A 14 line poem with variable rhyme that usually reflects on a single thought with a twist is known as . . .

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A sonnet