Sonnet and Villanelle

Fourteen lines of rhymed iambic pentameter is called a/an:  

• epic

• sonnet

• villanelle

• ballad

"One Art" and "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" are examples of

• ballads

• iambic pentameters

• villanelles

• epics

Three quatrains and one heroic couplet, all written in rhymed iambic pentameter

• Italian sonnet

• Elizabethan sonnet

• villanelle

• sonnet

What is true about poetry written in traditional forms?

• It rhymes.

• It has several stanzas.

• It has historical themes.

• It closely follows the form's rules.

A type of sonnet that includes three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg.

• Petrarchan Sonnet

• Shakespearean Sonnet

• Spenserian Sonnet

• Italian Sonnet

What is true about ballads, blank verse poems, haikus, limericks, sonnets, and villanelles?

• Their rules are determined by subject matter.

• Their rules are determined by the poet.

• Their rules involve structural elements.

• Their rules involve complex calculations.

What is another name used to refer to Italian sonnets? 

• Petrarchan 

• Patriarchic 

• Pizzas

• Figiotonio 

What is the rhyme scheme of the Italian sonnet? 

• abbaabba cdcdcd

• abbabaab cdcdcd

• abababab cdecde

• abab cdcd efef gg

What is the rhyme scheme of the English sonnet? 

• abba cddc effe gg

• abab abab abab aa

• abab cdcd efef gg 

• abbaabba cdecde

How many stanzas does a villanelle have, and what types of stanzas are they?

• 5 tercets and a quatrain 

• 4 couplets and an octave

• 3 quatrains and a couplet

• 3 quatrains and a sestet