WorksheetsTypes of poetry
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is not true about haiku poems?
They’re usually about nature.
They have 25 syllables total.
They originated in Japan.
They have three lines.
Limericks are usually
lengthy
humorous
about the seasons
written in free verse
A limerick’s rhyme scheme is
ABAB
AABBA
ABCDE
AABCB
Which poet lends his name to a type of sonnet he helped make famous?
William Blake
Willian Butler Yeats
William Shakespeare
William Carlos Williams
A Shakespearean sonnet is composed of
A. seven stanzas.
B. two limericks in a row.
c. four quatrains and a couplet.
D. three quatrains and a couplet.
What is not true about Shakespearean sonnets?
They have fourteen lines.
They are often about love.
They have no specific meter.
They have a set rhyme scheme.
A ballad is a poem that
tells a story
is usually funny
describes a setting
is never read aloud
True or False: A concrete poem is shaped like what it describes.
True
False
Concrete poems
always rhyme
are always 15 lines long
always form a shape or picture.
are always written in iambic pentameter.
What is meter?
the number of lines in a poem
the type of words used in a poem
the pattern of stressed and unstressed lines in a poem
the cycle of rhyming and non-rhyming words in a poem
