Types of Poems

What is the structure of syllables in the lines of a haiku?

• 3 - 5 - 3
• 5 - 7 - 5
• 9 - 7 - 9
• 1 - 3 - 1

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Which of these was NOT an example of possible subjects for a haiku?

• rain

• housecoat

• winter

• frog

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1.“There was an old man from Peru
2.Who dreamt he was eating his shoe.
3.He awoke in a fright
4.In the middle of the night
5.And found it was perfectly true.”

• couplet
• haiku
• limerick
• cinquain

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What is a limerick?

• 14 line poems that are broken into 4 or 2 stanzas
• Seventeen syllables in 3 lines
• Poems that are conveyed through their graphic shape
• A funny poem that is 5 lines long

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Which choice is a Limerick Poem?

• There was an Old Man of Nantucket
  Who kept all his cash in a bucket.
  His daughter, called Nan,
  Ran away with a man,
  And as for the bucket, Nantucket.
  - Anonymous
• That at the last, and in short time, I spide,
  Under a rocke, where she alas, opprest,
  Fell to the ground, and there untimely dide.
  Cruell death vanquishing so noble beautie
  Oft makes me wayle so hard a desire.(Trans. Edmund Spenser)
• Light do I see within my Lady’s eyes
  And loving spirits in its plenisphere
  Which bear in strange delight on my heart’s care
  Till Joy’s awakened from that sepulchre.

What part of a Limerick poem describes or introduces the main character?

• first line
• last line
• 3rd line
• 2nd line

Which lines of a Limerick poem are longer?

• Lines 1,2, & 5 
• Lines 3,4, & 5
• Lines 1,3, & 5
• Lines 2,3, & 5

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Which lines of a Limerick poem are shorter?

• 1 & 2
• 2 & 4
• 3 & 4
• 3, 4, & 5

A poem that tells a story.

• narrative

• free verse

• lyrical

• humorous

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A poem that does not rhyme.

• narrative

• free verse

• humorous

• lyrical

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