Poetic Forms and Structures Quiz

Which poetic form is often a song or a cautionary tale with rhymed quatrains?

• Ballad

• Villanelle

• Ode

• Elegy

What is a villanelle composed of?

• Five tercets and a final quatrain

• Octet and sestet

• Three quatrains and a couplet

• Five syllables, seven syllables, five syllables

What defines a free verse poem?

• No rhyme or rhythm rules

• Five tercets and a final quatrain

• Iambic pentameter

• Octet and sestet

What is a stanza with one line called?

• Couplet

• Tercet

• Monostich

• Quatrain

How many lines are in a couplet?

• One

• Two

• Three

• Four

Which stanza length is known as a quatrain?

• Three lines

• Four lines

• Five lines

• Six lines

How many lines are in a sestet?

• Five

• Six

• Seven

• Eight

What is a stanza with seven lines called?

• Sestet

• Septet

• Octet

• Quatrain

Which poetry movement is characterized by the rebirth of classical styles and themes of love, death, and the influence of time?

• Metaphysical

• Renaissance

• Romantic

• Modernism

What does the Late Victorian/Decadence/Aestheticism movement emphasize?

• Realism and reason

• Gaining pleasure from art and writing

• Reflecting on the individual

• Waves of feminism