Types of Poetry and Poetic Elements Quiz

A grouped set of lines in a poem.

• Sonnet

• Narrative Poem

• Free Verse

• Stanza

A lengthy narrative poem about heroic deeds.

• Epic

• Ballad

• Ode

• Sonnet

A stanza or poem of four lines.

• Ode

• Cinquain

• Quatrain

• Sonnet

A narrative poem often set to music.

• Ode

• Stanza

• Sonnet

• Ballad

The voice or persona in a poem.

• Stanza

• Narrator

• Channel

• Speaker

Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.

• Personification

• Denotation

• Figurative language

• Metaphor

A poem expressing personal emotions or thoughts.

• Ballad

• Ode

• Lyric Poem

• Narrative Poem

Poetry without a fixed meter or rhyme scheme.

• Sonnet

• Free Verse

• Lyric Poem

• Haiku

A formal poem praising a person or thing.

• Sonnet

• Ode

• Ballad

• Lyric Poem

A five-line poem with a specific syllable count.

• Cinquain

• Limerick

• Haiku

• Quatrain