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Poetry Terms

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What term means:


a narrative poem of popular origin

a)

dirge

b)

epic

c)

ballad

d)

free verse

e)

eclogue

2.

What term means:


a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life

a)

dirge

b)

epic

c)

ballad

d)

free verse

e)

eclogue

3.

Which term has the following definition:


Old French epic poems

a)

elegy

b)

chanson de geste

c)

haiku

d)

doggerel

e)

epithalamium

4.

Which term has the following definition:


a comic verse of irregular measure

a)

elegy

b)

chanson de geste

c)

haiku

d)

doggerel

e)

epithalamium

5.

Which term means:


a mournful poem

a)

lament

b)

limerick

c)

panegyric

d)

madrigal

e)

hymn

6.

Which term means:


a humorous rhymed verse form of five lines

a)

lament

b)

limerick

c)

panegyric

d)

madrigal

e)

hymn

7.

Which term means:


a short poem of songlike quality

a)

ode

b)

lay

c)

pastoral

d)

idyll

e)

lyric

8.

Which term means:


a literary work idealizing the rural life

a)

ode

b)

lay

c)

pastoral

d)

idyll

e)

lyric

9.

Which term means:


prose that resembles poetry

a)

rondeau

b)

tanka

c)

prose poem

d)

sonnet

e)

poetry

10.

Which term means:


a Japanese verse form of 5 lines with 5 or 7 syllables

a)

rondeau

b)

tanka

c)

prose poem

d)

sonnet

e)

poetry

11.

Do you NEED to study more?????

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Unsure

12.

Was this test Easy or Hard?

a)

Very Hard

b)

Hard

c)

Neutral

d)

Easy

e)

Very Easy