Poetic Elements/Structure Quiz

The organization of words and lines as well as the rhyme and meter of the poem is

• rhyme scheme

• rhyme

• poetic structure

• stanza

An arrangement of words in a poem; not usually a complete sentence is a

• stanza

• line

• rhyme

• meter

A regular pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables in a line of poetry is

• rhyme

• rhyme scheme

• stanza

• meter

The particular set of rules guiding the arrangement of words and lines in a poem; includes narrative, free verse, and sonnets is

• free form

• poetic form

• meter

• rhythm

A group of lines in a poem is

• line

• rhythm

• stanza

• poetic form

The pattern formed by the rhyming words at the end of lines in a poem is

• rhyme scheme

• meter

• rhythm

• stanza

Poetic form without consistent meter, rhyme or stanza length is

• poetic structure

• rhythm

• meter

• open form

The repetition of the same or similar sounds in a poem is

• rhythm

• meter

• stanza

• rhyme

The pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables in a line of poetry is

• rhyme

• rhythm

• rhyme scheme

• poetic form

The following lines of the poem provide an example of:

The rose is a rose,

and was always a rose.

But the theory now goes

that the apple's a rose.

• repetition

• line

• simile