Quiz on Poetry Types

Write a limerick. You only have 10 minutes depending on time. This one is personally graded. If you miss out on any of the important elements, you will lose points. Be consistent with your form. Written by AI or translation is a 0.

This is a 15-point poem.

What is a Japanese form consisting of three lines with a syllable pattern of 5-7-5?

• Limerick

• Sonnet

• Haiku

• Acrostic

• Free Verse

What is a light, humorous poem consisting of five lines with a strict rhyme scheme (AABBA) and a specific rhythm?

• Free Verse

• Acrostic

• Haiku

• Sonnet

• Limerick

What is a 14-line poem usually written in iambic pentameter with a specific rhyme scheme?

• Haiku

• Sonnet

• Limerick

• Acrostic

• Free Verse

What type of rhyme is this?

The massive amount of graves

That are tantamount to crimes

Will count against lives.

• internal rhyme

• external rhyme

• initial rhyme

• end rhyme

What is a poem in which the first letter of each line spells out a word or message vertically?

• Sonnet

• Haiku

• Free Verse

• Acrostic

• Limerick

What is the following end rhyme pattern (ex. the last syllable of the last word):

The man laughed

While he sat on a raft

He couldn't understand

Why there is no land

He said, unwittingly,

"You gotta be kidding me!"

• abcabc

• aabbcc

• ababab

• aaabbb

What is the word for six lines in poetry?

• couplet

• quatrain

• sestet

• octave

All written answers must be spelled correctly.

All written answers must be in lowercase (ex. anta, lining, nike, adidas, etc.).

Write 'yes' or 'no' that you understand or don't understand.

(a)  

What type of poem would use the following style:

C

O

U

N

T

R

Y

(a)  

Answer explanation

The type of poem that would use a word to start would be an acrostic poem.