Villanelles

What type of poem is this?

• ballad

• English/Shakespearean sonnet

• Italian Petrarchan sonnet

• villanelle

What is a tercet (a villanelle has 5 of them)?

• rhyming lines of 2

• rhyming lines of 3

• rhyming lines of 4

• rhyming lines of 6

What type of poem is this by Edwin Arlington Robinson?

• ballad

• English/Shakespearean sonnet

• Italian Petrarchan sonnet

• villanelle

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

• ballads

• iambic pentameters

• villanelles

• epics

The rhyme scheme of most stanzas of a villanelle is...

• ABA

• ABAB

• ABCD

• ABAA

What is the effect of repetition in a villanelle?

• The repetition reinforces the same imagery over and over again, contributing to the tone of the poem.

• The repetition reinforces the same imagery over and over again, contributing the rhythm of the poem.

• The repetition weakens the impact of the imagery in the poem by boring the reader.

• The repetition creates a sense of drama in the poem by keeping the reader guessing.

The rhyme scheme of the final stanza of the villanelle is...

• ABA

• ABBA

• ABAA

• ABCD

What is the structure of a villanelle?

• A) 19 lines with five tercets and a quatrain

• B) 14 lines with three quatrains and a couplet

• C) 12 lines with four tercets

• D) 16 lines with four quatrains

Which of the following poets is known for writing villanelles?

• A) Robert Frost

• B) Elizabeth Bishop

• C) Walt Whitman

• D) Emily Dickinson

What is the primary theme of Dylan Thomas's villanelle 'Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night'?

• A) Love and romance

• B) Nature and its beauty

• C) Resistance against death

• D) The passage of time