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How to write traditional poems
Contributed by: Sadler
  • 1. What is a common characteristic of traditional poetry?
A) Following specific forms and rules
B) Random line breaks
C) Unstructured free verse
D) Complete disregard for rhyme
  • 2. What is a stanza?
A) A single line of poetry
B) The main topic of a poem
C) A group of lines forming a unit
D) The rhythm of a poem
  • 3. Which of these is a common type of meter?
A) Abstract rhythm
B) Free verse
C) Random syllable count
D) Iambic pentameter
  • 4. What is rhyme scheme?
A) The font used to write the poem
B) The pattern of rhymes at the end of lines
C) The length of the lines in a poem
D) The number of stanzas in a poem
  • 5. What is a sonnet?
A) A 14-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme
B) A short story in verse
C) A poem with no rhyme
D) A 5-line poem
  • 6. What is a haiku?
A) A three-line poem with a 5-7-5 syllable structure
B) A long narrative poem
C) A poem with 10 syllables per line
D) A four-line rhyming poem
  • 7. What is a limerick?
A) A sad poem
B) A poem with no rhyme
C) A five-line humorous poem with AABBA rhyme
D) A poem about nature
  • 8. What is alliteration?
A) A type of metaphor
B) Repetition of consonant sounds
C) Repetition of entire words
D) Repetition of vowel sounds
  • 9. What is assonance?
A) Repetition of consonant sounds
B) A sudden change in topic
C) Rhyme at the beginning of lines
D) Repetition of vowel sounds
  • 10. What is consonance?
A) The absence of consonant sounds
B) Repetition of vowel sounds at the end of words
C) Using a different language
D) Repetition of consonant sounds within words
  • 11. What is a ballad?
A) A short, happy poem
B) A narrative poem, often set to music
C) A poem about love
D) A poem with only one stanza
  • 12. What is a villanelle?
A) A poem with 10 lines
B) A poem with no structure
C) A 19-line poem with repeating lines and a specific rhyme scheme.
D) A poem written in French
  • 13. What is enjambment?
A) A type of metaphor.
B) A full stop at the end of every line.
C) The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line.
D) A rhyming scheme.
  • 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 poem with five lines
C) A rhythm with seven syllables
D) A type of rhyme
  • 16. What is an iamb?
A) An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
B) Two unstressed syllables
C) Two stressed syllables
D) A stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.
  • 17. What is trochaic meter?
A) A stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.
B) An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
C) Only unstressed syllables.
D) Only stressed syllables.
  • 18. Which of the following rhyme schemes is used in a Shakespearean sonnet?
A) ABBA CDDC EFEF GG
B) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
C) AABB CCDD EEFF
D) ABC ABC ABC ABC
  • 19. What is the volta in a sonnet?
A) The last two lines of the sonnet
B) The first line of the sonnet
C) The turn or shift in thought or emotion
D) The meter of the sonnet
  • 20. What is a couplet?
A) A poem with only one line
B) Three lines that rhyme
C) Two lines that rhyme
D) Four lines that rhyme
  • 21. Which of the following is MOST important when writing traditional poetry?
A) Expressing personal feelings without constraint
B) Using as many metaphors as possible
C) Understanding and applying the rules of the chosen form
D) Avoiding all forms of figurative language
  • 22. What is a quatrain?
A) A poem of three lines
B) A stanza of four lines
C) A six-line poem
D) A five-line poem
  • 23. What is a tercet?
A) A five-line poem
B) A six-line poem
C) A poem of four lines
D) A stanza of three lines
  • 24. What is a sestet?
A) A stanza of seven lines
B) A stanza of five lines
C) A stanza of four lines
D) A stanza of six lines
  • 25. What is the rhyme scheme for a Petrarchan (Italian) sonnet?
A) AABB CCDD EEFF GG
B) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
C) AABA BBCB CCDD EEFF
D) ABBAABBA CDECDE or ABBAABBA CDCDCD
  • 26. What is the main difference between a Shakespearean and Petrarchan sonnet?
A) Structure and rhyme scheme
B) Length
C) Subject matter
D) Use of metaphors
  • 27. What is the typical subject matter of a traditional pastoral poem?
A) Idealized rural life
B) Modern technology
C) Interstellar travel
D) Urban decay
  • 28. What does 'feet' refer to in poetry?
A) Rhyme
B) The end of a line
C) Units of stressed and unstressed syllables
D) A type of shoe
  • 29. What is caesura?
A) A long sentence
B) The end of a poem
C) A type of metaphor
D) A pause within a line of poetry
  • 30. Why is scansion important in traditional poetry?
A) To analyze and understand the poem's rhythm and meter
B) To confuse the reader
C) To avoid rhyme
D) To make the poem longer
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