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