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WorksheetsIdentify Types of Poems
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
In what country did haiku originate?
a)
USA
b)
China
c)
Japan
d)
India
2.
What is a common theme in haiku?
a)
Nature
b)
War
c)
Heartbreak
d)
Friendship
3.
What is the structure of syllables in the lines of a haiku?
a)
3 - 5 - 3
b)
5 - 7 - 5
c)
9 - 7 - 9
d)
1 - 3 - 1
4.
Which of these was NOT an example of possible subjects for a haiku?
a)
rain
b)
housecoat
c)
winter
d)
frog
5.
Watermelon
Juicy, sweet
Dripping, slurping, smacking
So messy to eat
Yummy
Juicy, sweet
Dripping, slurping, smacking
So messy to eat
Yummy
a)
cinquain
b)
couplet
c)
haiku
d)
limerick
6.
1.Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
2.Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
2.Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
a)
haiku
b)
couplet
c)
limerick
d)
free verse
7.
1.“There was an old man from Peru
2.Who dreamt he was eating his shoe.
3.He awoke in a fright
4.In the middle of the night
5.And found it was perfectly true.”
2.Who dreamt he was eating his shoe.
3.He awoke in a fright
4.In the middle of the night
5.And found it was perfectly true.”
a)
couplet
b)
haiku
c)
limerick
d)
cinquain
8.
Two line stanza that rhymes.
a)
Rhyme Scheme
b)
Couplet
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Assonance
9.
All poems must rhyme.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
What is a limerick?
a)
14 line poems that are broken into 4 or 2 stanzas
b)
Seventeen syllables in 3 lines
c)
Poems that are conveyed through their graphic shape
d)
A funny poem that is 5 lines long
11.
Which choice is a Limerick Poem?
a)
There was an Old Man of Nantucket
Who kept all his cash in a bucket.
His daughter, called Nan,
Ran away with a man,
And as for the bucket, Nantucket.
- Anonymous
Who kept all his cash in a bucket.
His daughter, called Nan,
Ran away with a man,
And as for the bucket, Nantucket.
- Anonymous
b)
That at the last, and in short time, I spide,
Under a rocke, where she alas, opprest,
Fell to the ground, and there untimely dide.
Cruell death vanquishing so noble beautie
Oft makes me wayle so hard a desire.(Trans. Edmund Spenser)
Under a rocke, where she alas, opprest,
Fell to the ground, and there untimely dide.
Cruell death vanquishing so noble beautie
Oft makes me wayle so hard a desire.(Trans. Edmund Spenser)
c)
Light do I see within my Lady’s eyes
And loving spirits in its plenisphere
Which bear in strange delight on my heart’s care
Till Joy’s awakened from that sepulchre.
And loving spirits in its plenisphere
Which bear in strange delight on my heart’s care
Till Joy’s awakened from that sepulchre.
12.
What rhyme scheme does a limerick poem have?
a)
ABBAA
b)
AABBA
c)
ACAABA
d)
ABBBAB
13.
What part of a Limerick poem describes or introduces the main character?
a)
first line
b)
last line
c)
3rd line
d)
2nd line
14.
Which lines of a Limerick poem are longer?
a)
Lines 1,2, & 5
b)
Lines 3,4, & 5
c)
Lines 1,3, & 5
d)
Lines 2,3, & 5
15.
Which lines of a Limerick poem are shorter?
a)
1 & 2
b)
2 & 4
c)
3 & 4
d)
3, 4, & 5
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