Villanelles

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.

Which poetry type has 19 lines and 6 stanzas (5 tercets and 1 quatrain)?

• ballad

• sonnet

• villanelle

Which poetry type has a refrain (A1 and A2)?

• ballad

• sonnet

• villanelle

Which type of poetry usually focuses on intense or dark topics?

• ballad

• sonnet

• villanelle

A villanelle always has...

• 15 lines

• 19 lines

• 21 lines

• 25 lines

The villanelle contains...

• regular rhyme scheme

• irregular rhyme scheme

• regular meter

• strong metaphors

Villanelle's always have a set ____ ____.

• Time

• Poet

• Speaker

• Rhyme Scheme

If this were the first stanza of a villanelle, what would the last line of the third stanza be?

• Time can say nothing but I told you so

• Time only knows the price we have to pay

• If I could tell you, I would let you know

The villanelle contains...

• regular rhyme scheme

• irregular rhyme scheme

• regular meter

• strong metaphors

Post your villanelle here! (if you decide to email it to me, please write that here)

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