Poetry Refresher Quiz

What do we usually call writing which is not poetry? For example, the writing we find in newspapers, essays, novels or textbooks with sentences and paragraphs.

• Normal writing

• Prose

• Prosody

• Punctuation

What do we call the different sections or parts of a poem?

• Sentences and paragraphs

• Verse and chorus

• Chapter and verse

• Lines and Stanzas

What is the general name for specific types of poems such as sonnets, haikus or limericks?

• Poetic license

• Poetic form

• Poetic techniques

• Poetic imagery

What do we call the poetic form which has 14 lines, the rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg and is often about love?

• Villanelle

• Sonnet

• Limerick

• Ballad

What is the following quotation from the ancient poem Beowulf an example of: 'Up from his swampland, sliding silently"

• Alliteration

• Rhyme

• Onomatopoeia

• Rhythm

Which of these statements is not true?

• Poetry is the oldest form of writing or story telling in the world

• Poetry must always rhyme

• Many countries have a national poet

• Poetry is often used at important events such as weddings, funerals or celebrations

What do we call poetry that does not follow any particular pattern, rhyme schemes or rules?

• Verse

• Prose

• Meter

• Free verse

What general word might we use to describe poetic techniques such as similes, metaphors or personification?

• Poetic language

• Imagery or figurative language

• Rhyme scheme

• Meter

Poems are always autobiographical or about the real lives of the people who wrote them.

• True

• False

What words might we use to describe how a poet feels about the subject they write about in their poem?

• Tone/Mood

• Connotation/Diction

• Figure of Speech

• Blank verse