AP Literature: Poetic Forms
Authored by Susan Hedgcock
English
11th Grade - University
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What is one characteristic of a villanelle?
It is a variation of the sonnet form.
It is traditionally considered a nineteen line poem.
It does not rhyme.
It deals with only abstract concepts.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Another characteristics of the villanelle is
It has a refrain.
The meter is restricted to only iambic pentameter.
It does not require rhyme.
The form was only used in the 17th century.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Another interesting aspect of the villanelle is
It has free verse.
It requires a specific meter.
The number of lines varies.
It has no restrictions on meter.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
The sestina is
from around the 1200s from France.
Six six-line stanzas, often with a three-line epilogue.
an interesting poem with the last words of all six lines of the first stanza also being the last words of the lines of each subsequent stanzas.
All of the above
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MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
The rondeau is (check all that apply)
a sort of almost sonnet.
a cousin of the sonnet which came from Medieval France.
fifteen lines divided unevenly among three stanzas.
the rhyme scheme is AABBA-AABR-AABBAR, where R represents the first phrase repeated.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
The troilet is
also related to the sonnet.
from Medieval Italy
eight lines with wording of line one repeated in lines four and seven.
a highly popular poetic form.
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MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
An elegy is (check all that apply)
a type rather than a form
a poem memorializing someone recently deceased and , usually known to the poet.
not used by important poets
a form that requires strict adherence to a metrical patter,
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