Poetry Vocab & Types

The ballad is a popular narrative song passed down and tells stories that are:

• Tragic

• Comic

• Heroic

• All of the above

Poets throughout history have changed the ballad and used the form to write their own versions. These ballads are sometimes known as "literary" ballads.

• True

• False

Clouds murmur darkly,

it is a blinding habit—

gazing at the moon.

This poem is an example of:

• Lyric poetry

• Spoken Word

• Ode

• Haiku

Haiku poems originated in Japan and often have three unrhymed lines of seven, five, seven syllables.

• True

• False

Spoken Word poetry is intended for performance and is contains elements from:

• Classical, jazz, blues, and new age music.

• Rap, hip-hop, jazz, rock, and folk music.

• Folk music, classical, and easy listening.

• Grunge, rap, hip-hop, and heavy metal.

Spoken word poetry usually refers to issues of politics, race, community, and

• Social Justice

• Poverty

• Inequality

• Inequity

A sonnet has how many lines?

• 12

• 16

• 14

• 10

Sonnets were created in Italy and imported to which country?

• The United States

• Spain

• France

• England

There is only one type of sonnet.

• True

• False

Sonnets usually reflect on a single thought, with a "turn" of thought . . .

• . . . in its concluding lines.

• . . . hidden in its title.

• . . . in the first quatrain.

• . . . after line seven.