Poem Types

Which choice is a Limerick Poem?

• There was an Old Man of Nantucket
  Who kept all his cash in a bucket.
  His daughter, called Nan,
  Ran away with a man,
  And as for the bucket, Nantucket.
  - Anonymous

• That at the last, and in short time, I spide,
  Under a rocke, where she alas, opprest,
  Fell to the ground, and there untimely dide.
  Cruell death vanquishing so noble beautie
  Oft makes me wayle so hard a desire.(Trans. Edmund Spenser)

• Light do I see within my Lady’s eyes
  And loving spirits in its plenisphere
  Which bear in strange delight on my heart’s care
  Till Joy’s awakened from that sepulchre.

What rhyme scheme does a limerick poem have?

• ABBAA

• AABBA

• ACAABA

• ABBBAB

What part of a Limerick poem describes or introduces the main character?

• first line

• last line

• 3rd line

• 2nd line

Which lines of a Limerick poem are longer?

• Lines 1,2, & 5 

• Lines 3,4, & 5

• Lines 1,3, & 5

• Lines 2,3, & 5

Which lines of a Limerick poem are shorter?

• & 2

• & 4

• & 4

• 3, 4, & 5

In what country did haiku originate?

• USA

• China

• Japan

• India

What is a common theme in haiku?

• Nature

• War

• Heartbreak

• Friendship

What is the structure of syllables in the lines of a haiku?

• 3 - 5 - 3

• 5 - 7 - 5

• 9 - 7 - 9

• 1 - 3 - 1

A poem with a rhyme scheme. It can include a quatrain (A stanza with 4 lines and similar rhyme scheme).

• Limerick

• Haiku

• Rhymed verse

• Free verse

A funny 5-line poem that follows AABBA rhyme scheme. (8 syllables on A and 5 syllables on B)

• Haiku

• Rhymed verse

• Free verse

• Limerick