Poetic Form

The way a poem is structured or appears on a page is its...

• meter

• rhyme

• form

• line

How many stanzas does this poem have?

• None

• 1

• 4

• 5

How many lines are in each stanza of this poem?

• None

• 2

• 3

• 4

What is they rhyme scheme in this stanza:

True friends are by your side

Through it all.

True friends are there

To catch you when you fall.

• ABCD

• BCDB

• ABCB

• AABB

Identify the poetic form of the following excerpt: "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate."

• Haiku

• Sonnet

• Limerick

• Free Verse

What are the 2 types of poetic form?

• Standard (Fixed) and Free Verse

• Standard & Fixed

• Free Verse and Rhyme

Free verse and concrete forms of poetry belong in which category?

• Traditional

• Organic

What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?

• ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

• ABBA ABBA CDE CDE

• AABB CCDD EEFF GG

• ABC ABC DEF DEF

What form is this poem written in?

• Structured

• Limerick

• Haiku

• Free Verse

What type of poem is this?

• Traditional- Limerick

• Traditional- Haiku

• Free Verse- Limerick

• Free Verse- Haiku