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Types of poetry

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is not true about haiku poems?

a)

They’re usually about nature.

b)

They have 25 syllables total.

c)

They originated in Japan.

d)

They have three lines.

2.

Limericks are usually

a)

lengthy

b)

humorous

c)

about the seasons

d)

written in free verse

3.

A limerick’s rhyme scheme is

a)

ABAB

b)

AABBA

c)

ABCDE

d)

AABCB

4.

Which poet lends his name to a type of sonnet he helped make famous?

a)

William Blake

b)

Willian Butler Yeats

c)

William Shakespeare

d)

William Carlos Williams

5.

A Shakespearean sonnet is composed of

a)

A. seven stanzas.

b)

B. two limericks in a row.

c)

c. four quatrains and a couplet.

d)

D. three quatrains and a couplet.

6.

What is not true about Shakespearean sonnets?

a)

They have fourteen lines.

b)

They are often about love.

c)

They have no specific meter.

d)

They have a set rhyme scheme.

7.

A ballad is a poem that

a)

tells a story

b)

is usually funny

c)

describes a setting

d)

is never read aloud

8.

True or False: A concrete poem is shaped like what it describes.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Concrete poems

a)

always rhyme

b)

are always 15 lines long

c)

always form a shape or picture.

d)

are always written in iambic pentameter.

10.

What is meter?

a)

the number of lines in a poem

b)

the type of words used in a poem

c)

the pattern of stressed and unstressed lines in a poem

d)

the cycle of rhyming and non-rhyming words in a poem