Elements of Poetry Review

A stanza that contains FOUR lines is called?

• Refrain

• Quatrain

• Couplet

• Verse

A verse or phrase that is repeated at intervals throughout a song or poem is called?

• Rhyme

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Refrain

Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme and are of the same length and rhythm are called?

• Verse

• Stanza

• Couplet

• Enjambment

Repeating a word or phrase for emphasis is called?

• Repetition

• Refrain

• Chorus

• Verse

Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower; 
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf,
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day
Nothing gold can stay. 
What is the central theme of this poem?

• Nature and man must get along

• Wonderful and beautiful things only last a short while

• Sunsets and sunrises are beautiful

• Nature and beauty are permanent.

the life lesson/message of the poem

• tone

• mood

• theme

• speaker

Lines grouped together by rhythmical pattern and meter are called?

• Refrain

• Verse

• Quatrain

• Stanza

A phrase in a poetic line that carries onto the next line before it is ready to be punctuated is called?

• Figurative language

• Enjambment

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

The lines in a poem that contain rhythm, pattern, and rhyme are called?

• Lines

• Verse

• Prose

• Rhyme

The similarity of sounds that generally happens at the ends of lines is called?

• Rhythm

• Rhyme

• Alliteration

• Enjambment