Odes Quiz

What was Shakespeare's Sonnet 130 mocking?

• his mistress

• excess flattery

• love

• angels

A pair of two rhyming lines is called a ______________.

• stanza

• haiku

• couplet

• poem

What type of poem is a sonnet?

• free-form

• fixed-form

The ode "Mutton" is about the speaker's love of _____________.

• his mistress

• lamb

• cooking

• writing poetry

What is the purpose of an ode?

• To describe a person's daily routine.

• To provide a step-by-step guide.

• To tell a personal story.

• To express intense emotions or admiration.

What is the rhyme scheme typically used in a Shakespearean sonnet?

• ABCDABCDEFGEFG

• ABABCDCDEFEFGG

• AABBCCDDEEFFGG

• ABBACDDCEFFEGG

Which type of sonnet is made up of four quatrains and a couplet?

• Shakespearean

• Petrarchan

Which type of sonnet is made up of an octave and a sestet?

• Shakespearean

• Petrarchan

What is the rhyme scheme of the following ode?

A Book

by Emily Dickinson

There is no frigate like a book
To take us lands away,
Nor any coursers like a page
Of prancing poetry.
This traverse may the poorest take
Without oppress of toll;
How frugal is the chariot
That bears a human soul!

• ABABCDCD

• ABCDABCD

• ABCBDEFE

• None

What is an ode?

• A type of lyrical poem

• A type of narrative poem

• A fixed form Japanese poem

• A poem with a set rhyme scheme