How to write traditional poems
  • 1. What is a common characteristic of traditional poetry?
A) Following specific forms and rules
B) Random line breaks
C) Complete disregard for rhyme
D) Unstructured free verse
  • 2. What is a stanza?
A) The main topic of a poem
B) A single line of poetry
C) The rhythm of a poem
D) A group of lines forming a unit
  • 3. Which of these is a common type of meter?
A) Random syllable count
B) Abstract rhythm
C) Iambic pentameter
D) Free verse
  • 4. What is rhyme scheme?
A) The pattern of rhymes at the end of lines
B) The font used to write the poem
C) The number of stanzas in a poem
D) The length of the lines in a poem
  • 5. What is a sonnet?
A) A short story in verse
B) A poem with no rhyme
C) A 14-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme
D) A 5-line poem
  • 6. What is a haiku?
A) A long narrative poem
B) A four-line rhyming poem
C) A poem with 10 syllables per line
D) A three-line poem with a 5-7-5 syllable structure
  • 7. What is a limerick?
A) A poem about nature
B) A five-line humorous poem with AABBA rhyme
C) A poem with no rhyme
D) A sad poem
  • 8. What is alliteration?
A) Repetition of entire words
B) Repetition of vowel sounds
C) A type of metaphor
D) Repetition of consonant sounds
  • 9. What is assonance?
A) A sudden change in topic
B) Repetition of consonant sounds
C) Repetition of vowel sounds
D) Rhyme at the beginning of lines
  • 10. What is consonance?
A) Using a different language
B) The absence of consonant sounds
C) Repetition of vowel sounds at the end of words
D) Repetition of consonant sounds within words
  • 11. What is a ballad?
A) A poem with only one stanza
B) A narrative poem, often set to music
C) A short, happy poem
D) A poem about love
  • 12. What is a villanelle?
A) A poem with no structure
B) A 19-line poem with repeating lines and a specific rhyme scheme.
C) A poem written in French
D) A poem with 10 lines
  • 13. What is enjambment?
A) The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line.
B) A type of metaphor.
C) A rhyming scheme.
D) A full stop at the end of every line.
  • 14. Which is NOT typically a component of traditional poetry?
A) Rhyme
B) Specific forms
C) Meter
D) Radical disregard for structure
  • 15. What is iambic pentameter?
A) A rhythm with seven syllables
B) A type of rhyme
C) A poem with five lines
D) A line of poetry with five iambs
  • 16. What is an iamb?
A) Two unstressed syllables
B) An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
C) A stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.
D) Two stressed syllables
  • 17. What is trochaic meter?
A) Only stressed syllables.
B) An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
C) Only unstressed syllables.
D) A stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.
  • 18. Which of the following rhyme schemes is used in a Shakespearean sonnet?
A) AABB CCDD EEFF
B) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
C) ABBA CDDC EFEF GG
D) ABC ABC ABC ABC
  • 19. What is the volta in a sonnet?
A) The meter of the sonnet
B) The first line of the sonnet
C) The turn or shift in thought or emotion
D) The last two lines of the sonnet
  • 20. What is a couplet?
A) Two lines that rhyme
B) A poem with only one line
C) Four lines that rhyme
D) Three lines that rhyme
  • 21. Which of the following is MOST important when writing traditional poetry?
A) Avoiding all forms of figurative language
B) Expressing personal feelings without constraint
C) Using as many metaphors as possible
D) Understanding and applying the rules of the chosen form
  • 22. What is a quatrain?
A) A six-line poem
B) A poem of three lines
C) A stanza of four lines
D) A five-line poem
  • 23. What is a tercet?
A) A six-line poem
B) A poem of four lines
C) A five-line poem
D) A stanza of three lines
  • 24. What is a sestet?
A) A stanza of four lines
B) A stanza of six lines
C) A stanza of five lines
D) A stanza of seven lines
  • 25. What is the rhyme scheme for a Petrarchan (Italian) sonnet?
A) ABBAABBA CDECDE or ABBAABBA CDCDCD
B) AABA BBCB CCDD EEFF
C) AABB CCDD EEFF GG
D) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
  • 26. What is the main difference between a Shakespearean and Petrarchan sonnet?
A) Subject matter
B) Structure and rhyme scheme
C) Length
D) Use of metaphors
  • 27. What is the typical subject matter of a traditional pastoral poem?
A) Idealized rural life
B) Urban decay
C) Interstellar travel
D) Modern technology
  • 28. What does 'feet' refer to in poetry?
A) Units of stressed and unstressed syllables
B) Rhyme
C) A type of shoe
D) The end of a line
  • 29. What is caesura?
A) A pause within a line of poetry
B) A long sentence
C) The end of a poem
D) A type of metaphor
  • 30. Why is scansion important in traditional poetry?
A) To analyze and understand the poem's rhythm and meter
B) To avoid rhyme
C) To make the poem longer
D) To confuse the reader
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