Poetic Form

Two consecutive rhyming lines are called a...

• Quatrain

• Couplet

• Haiku

• Couple

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

A four line stanza is called a...

• Quatrain

• Couplet

• Haiku

• Quarter

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The pattern of the number of syllables in each line of a stanza is called the...

• Stanza

• Line

• Meter Pattern

• Rhyme Scheme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

The pattern of rhyming words in a stanza

• Stanza

• Line

• Meter Pattern

• Rhyme Scheme

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A fourteen line poem, written in iambic pentameter. Traditionally about the theme of love.

• Sonnet

• Caesura

• Refrain

• Enjambment

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Which poem is usually funny and has a rhyme pattern of AABBA?

• Haiku

• Limerick

• Ballad

• Couplet

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A poetic form with nineteen lines and a set pattern of repeating lines and rhyming words.

• figurative language

• villanelle

• excerpt

• form

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the rhyme scheme in this poem?

• AAA

• ABA

• AAB

• ABB

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What type of poem is this?

• Villanelle

• Haiku

• Limerick

• Sonnet

There once was a guy on the keys

Who played whatever he'd please.

His jazz was so hot

It would burn on the spot

And his blues were so cool they would freeze.

What type of poem is this?

• Limerick

• Sonnet

• Pantoum

• Haiku

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4