Poetry Quiz

which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

• The calm lake was a mirror after the storm passed.

• My dad is as blind as a bat.

• Her new puppy is as light as a feather.

• My best friends little sister is sweet as sugar.

The following is an example of what?

I have a grey and white cat,

Who is old, lazy and fat.

• Personification

• Rhyme

• Imagery

• Alliteration

A poem consisting of a single speaker expressing a state of mind or process or perception, feeling, emotion, or thought

• Lyric

• Sonnet

• Narrative

• Free Verse

Which vocabulary word is being defined?

The beat created by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

• meter

• simile

• rhythm

• alliteration

A form of poetry where a single speaker expresses his/her thoughts or feelings.

• Lyric Poetry

• Couplet

• Internal Rhyme

• Rhyme Scheme

A rhymed pair of lines.

• Lyric Poetry

• Couplet

• End Rhyme

• Stanza

A poem that is written to a person, object, or event.

• Ode

• Ballad

• Haiku

• Lyric

What does a lyric poem express?

• gloomy times and bad feelings

• hard times and hurt feelings

• happy times and exciting feelings

• personal thoughts and feelings

A lyric poem is a ______________poem in which a single speaker expresses personal thoughts and feelings.

• happy

• long

• extensive

• short

In ancient times, lyric poems were created to be __________.

• read

• sung

• explained

• imagined