WorksheetsJunior Poetical Analysis
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is the English Sonnet's Rhyme Scheme?
a)
a b b a a b b ac d e c d e
b)
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
2.
Which of the following is NOT criteria for a sonnet?
a)
14 lines
b)
specific sound devices
c)
specific rhyme scheme
d)
specific rhythm
3.
What is the rhythmic meter of a sonnet?
a)
iambic pentameter
b)
iambic monometer
c)
trochaic tetrameter
d)
No rhythmic meter
4.
How many feet are in a pentameter?
a)
10
b)
11
c)
4
d)
5
5.
What is rhyme scheme?
a)
I don't know.
b)
Don't care.
c)
Don't like poetry.
d)
The pattern of the rhyme in a poem.
6.
Which word rhymes with all three?
butterfly
shy
multiply
butterfly
shy
multiply
a)
bite
b)
eye
c)
ugly
d)
many
7.
What is the next part of the rhyme scheme?
a)
DD
b)
EE
c)
FF
d)
AA
8.
Which word does not rhyme with the following three?
kite
light
rewrite
kite
light
rewrite
a)
stoplight
b)
meteorite
c)
satellite
d)
sigh
9.
What is the most logical line to complete the poem?
Mary had a little poodle
All day long she ate a __________
Mary had a little poodle
All day long she ate a __________
a)
noodle
b)
lamb
c)
no clue
d)
llama
10.
What is the rhyme scheme?
a)
AA BB CC
b)
A B A B
c)
AA BB AA
d)
A B C B
11.
Instead of a paragraph, in poetry we call the bodies of lines
a)
stanzas
b)
sections
c)
staza
d)
stan
12.
What is the rhyme scheme?
a)
A B C D E F G
b)
AA BB CC DD
c)
A B C B A B C D
d)
A B A B C D C D
13.
What is the rhyme scheme?
a)
A B A B C D A D
b)
No rhyme scheme
c)
A A B B C C
d)
LMNOP
14.
Rhyme scheme?
a)
A B C D
b)
A B A B A B A
c)
A A B B C C
d)
A B C
15.
What is the rhyme scheme in stanza 4?
a)
AA
b)
BB
c)
CC
d)
DD
16.
How many lines are in a sonnet?
a)
12
b)
14
c)
10
d)
16
17.
The couplet in a sonnet, sometimes called a heroic couplet, is there to
a)
explain the main theme of the poem
b)
extended the poem's metaphor
c)
provide a twist or conflict
d)
summarize the sonnet and leave the reader with a lasting image
18.
A pair (two) of rhyming lines
a)
Quatrain
b)
Couplet
c)
Free Verse
d)
Ballad
19.
True or False: All poems must rhyme.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
The order/pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.
a)
Internal rhyme
b)
Meter
c)
Alphabetical Order
d)
Rhyme Scheme
21.
__________ is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
a)
Rhythm
b)
Pattern
c)
Meter
d)
Beat
22.
rhyming words that fall at the ends of two or more lines (crawls, falls, walls)
a)
slant rhyme
b)
alternating rhyme
c)
end rhyme
d)
exact rhyme
23.
words that end in similar but not exact sounds (prove and love)
a)
exact rhyme
b)
slant rhyme/half rhyme
c)
masculine rhyme
d)
feminine rhyme
24.
rhyming words placed within a line
(The mouse in the house woke the cat.)
(The mouse in the house woke the cat.)
a)
end rhyme
b)
alternating rhyme
c)
slant rhyme
d)
internal rhyme
25.
the first stanza (eight lines) of a sonnet is called a
a)
cinquain
b)
tercet
c)
sestet
d)
octet
26.
the second stanza (six lines) of a sonnet is called a
a)
cinquain
b)
tercet
c)
sestet
d)
octet
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