21st Century Lit Quiz #2 - Elements of Poetry

Choose the letter of the best answer.

How many lines does an English sonnet has?

• 8

• 14

• 17

• 21

How many lines does an Italian sonnet has?

• 14

• 11

• 19

• 20

This element refers to the speaker in the poem.

• Theme

• Writer

• Persona

• Point of View

Which poems are usually sung?

• Descriptive

• Lyrical

• Sonnets

• Epics

English sonnets are also called ________.

• Petrarchan

• Elizabethan

• Shakespearean

• Arthurian

Which line shows an example of alliteration?

• 'Some lowly goers on the boats,'

• 'August, august, august,'

• 'A warn, winter Wednesday,'

• 'Hear the ticking of the clock,'

A four-line stanza in poetry.

• couplet

• dactyl

• apatan

• quatrain

A form of lyric poem that mourns the dead.

• eulogy

• elegy

• epic

• ode

The pattern of rhyming sounds at the end of each line in a stanza.

• sound devices

• feet

• measurement

• rhyme scheme

It is often used by writers to symbolize surrender, truce, or ceasefire?

• a white flag

• a checkered flag

• a pastel flag

• a white-inked letter