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WorksheetsPoetry 1
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 12mins
What is Poetry?
Poetry is a type of literature that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a (a) form
(a) - Is a group of lines arranged together like a paragraph
(a) - a 4 line stanza
Meter - Is the basic (a) of a poem based on the number of syllables and the pattern of emphasis placed on each syllable.
Syllabic Meter - Syllabic meter is created when each line of a poem has a certain number of (a) that create a pattern.
Which is not a type of rhyme we covered in class?
End Rhyme
Slant Rhyme
Internal Rhyme
Outdoor Rhyme
What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem? ("Dreams" by Langston Hughes)
Hold fast to dreams/
For if dreams die/
Life is a broken-winged bird/
That cannot fly./
ABAB
AABB
ABAC
ABCB
Assonance - Repeated (a) sounds
(a) - A repeated word, sound, phrase, or line in a poem
Consonance - Repeated (a) sounds
How many stanzas are in this poem?
2
4
14
15
How many paragraphs does this poem have?
0
1
2
3
4
A four line stanza.
couplet
refrain
quatrain
octave
Which of the following is the Sonnet's (Shakespearean Sonnet) Rhyme Scheme?
a b b a a b b ac d e c d e
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
