Forms of Poetry

Choose the correct form of poetry:

1- I saw a little hermit crab

His coloring was oh so drab

• Tercet

• Couplet

• Quatrain

• Cinquain

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

2- My candle burns at both ends;

   It will not last the night;

But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends— 

  It gives a lovely light!

• Cinquain

• Tercet

• Couplet

• Quatrain

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5

3- “An old silent pond…

A frog jumps into the pond,

splash! Silence again.”

• Quatrain

• Tercet

• Cinquain

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5

4- "Look up

From bleakening hills

Blows down the light, first breath

Of wintry wind … look up, and scent

The snow!"

• Cinquain

• Quatrain

• Tercet

• Couplet

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5

5- In Traditional Cinquain, line 3 has ______ syllables:

• 4 syllables

• 8 syllables

• 6 syllables

• 2 syllables

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5

6- In Traditional Cinquain, line 5 has ______ syllables:

• 4 syllables

• 2 syllables

• 8 syllables

• 6 syllables

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5

7- What is the poetry form of the following poem?

“Whenas in silks my Julia goes,

Then, then, methinks, how sweetly flows

The liquefaction of her clothes…”

• Quatrain

• Cinquain

• Tercet

• Couplet

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5