It is a poem that consists of 7 lines each stanza.

Read the excerpted stanza from the poem

“Venus and Adonis”
by William Shakespeare

‘Thrice fairer than myself,’ thus she began,

‘The field’s chief flower, sweet above compare,      

 Stain to all nymphs, more lovely than a man,

 More white and red than doves or roses are;

 Nature that made thee, with herself at strife,

 Saith that the world hath ending with thy life.

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What is the rhyme scheme of this stanza?

What kind of stanza is used in the excerpted poem in item number 3?

“Venus and Adonis”

by William Shakespeare;

‘Thrice fairer than myself,’ thus she began,

‘The field’s chief flower, sweet above compare,      

 Stain to all nymphs, more lovely than a man,

 More white and red than doves or roses are;

 Nature that made thee, with herself at strife,

 Saith that the world hath ending with thy life.

A poem that is also called “Shape Poetry”.

Which of the following refers to the group of lines that forms a division of a poem.

Which of the following describes “tone” as an element of poetry?

It is a type of rhyme where words sound similar but not close to make a complete rhyme?

It is a poem that does not rely on any particular form, meter, or rhyme scheme.

It is a type of rhyme where words have similar spellings but not in pronunciation.