Forms of Poetry

A short but highly musical verse that conveys powerful feelings, and has rhyme, meter, or other literary devices.

• Lyric

• Sonnet

• Elegy

What does the word 'sonnet' mean?

• little song

• long song

• long narrative

A sonnet is a ___ line lyrical poem.

• 14

• 15

• 16

'Octave' and 'Sestet' are two stanzas of sonnet.

• True

• False

An octave consists of ___ lines, and a sestet consists of ___ lines.

• 8, 6

• 6, 8

A sonnet has ___ main types.

• 3

• 4

• 5

Write down the three main types of a sonnet.

___ is a lyrical poem that expresses sorrow over the death of a loved one.

• Elegy

• Epic

• Ode

Ode is a kind of a lyrical poem.

• True

• False

Which poem is usually written in the form of an address commonly glorifying an event or an individual?

• Ode

• Elegy

• Epic