Structures of Poetry

Poetry is a style of writing that expresses vivid ideas and powerful emotions.

• True

• False

Poems do NOT have punctuation.

• True

• False

To find the rhyming scheme of a poem, I need to look at the _________ word in each line.

• first

• third

• last

A group of words in one row of a poem is called a:

• stanza

• couplet

• line

A four-line poem that rhymes is a:

• line

• quatrain

• couplet

How many lines does a couplet have?

• 6

• 2

• 1

The following is an example of a ___________ poem:

I saw a giant bear,

He was right over there!

• Quatrain

• Couplet

• Neither

The following is an example of a ___________ poem:

The sun rises.

It also sets.

Behind the clouds,

Day turns to night,

Night turns to day.

• Quatrain

• Couplet

• Neither

The following is an example of a ___________ poem:

Black.

Listen.

Black is beautiful, black is excellent.

Black is love, black is elegant.

• Quatrain

• Couplet

• Neither

What is the rhyming pattern of the poem below?

If you always try your best,

Then you'll never have to wonder,

About what you could have done,

If you had summoned all your thunder.

• AA, BB

• A, B, C, B

• A, B, CC