Poetic Form

A ballad...

• Expresses feelings and emotions

• Has a particular rhyme scheme

• Tells a story

• Is ALWAYS three lines

My son turned ten just the other day; He said, thanks for the ball, dad, come on let's play; Can you teach me to throw, I said-a, not today; I got a lot to do, he said, that's okay

This is a.............

• Ballad

• Haiku

• Limerick

• Couplet

What type of poem is this?

• lyric

• narrative

• free verse

• concrete

Your melted cheese,

so smooth and thick

makes golden threads

that glisten and stick.

Your pepperoni

in chunk after chunk

adds circles of spice

with extra spunk.

Oh, luscious pizza,

I don't think twice

I always gobble

slice after slice.

• ode

• haiku

• lyric

• limerick

A sonnet is always 14 lines.

• False

• True

What is the effect of repetition in a villanelle?

• The repetition reinforces the same imagery over and over again, contributing to the tone of the poem.

• The repetition reinforces the same imagery over and over again, contributing the rhythm of the poem.

• The repetition weakens the impact of the imagery in the poem by boring the reader.

• The repetition creates a sense of drama in the poem by keeping the reader guessing.

Where did the pantoum originate?

• France

• Belgium

• England

• Malaysia

What is the rhyme pattern?

• AA B CC B

• AA BB CC

• AB AB AC

• AA BC BC

A Haiku consists of how many syllables?

• 5

• 10

• 17

• 7

If a rhyme Scheme was ABCB, which letters would rhyme together?

• C

• D

• A

• B