Poetry Types

For Mother's Day, Jane wrote a poem about her mom and transferred the text onto a photograph of her mother. What type of poem would this be?

• concrete

• lyric

• haiku

• limerick

"I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain.
It's laughter and it's lovin' that I disdain.
I am a rock; I am an island."

• concrete

• haiku

• sonnet

• lyric

"A mouse in the room woke Miss Doud

Who was frightened and screamed very loud

Then a happy thought hit her

To scare off the critter

She sat up in bed and just meowed."

• haiku

• limerick

• narrative

• free verse

How many line does a Cinquain have?

• 3

• 4

• 5

The first and last words of a cinquain are synonyms

• True

• False

A Haiku is a Japanese poem.

• True

• False

How many syllables in the first and last lines of a haiku?

• 5

• 7

How many syllables in the middle line of a haiku?

• 5

• 7

Has 14 lines with 10-12 syllables per line; an idea is developed through most the poem, and then the last 2 or 6 lines question that idea

• Ballad

• Free Verse

• Haiku

• Sonnet

A short poem with just 3 lines and 17 syllables; does not rhyme and is usually about nature

• Ballad

• Free Verse

• Haiku

• Limerick