Poetry Quiz #2

How many lines does a sonnet poem have?

• 8

• 7

• 14

• 6

Is Emily Dickinson still alive today?

• yes

• no

• maybe

True or False: Emily Dickinson is one of the most well known American Poets.

• True

• False

In many of Emily Dickinson's Poems, she uses metaphors. Two poems we read of hers compares things to ____________.

• Birds

• Ocean

• Sky

• Moon

A small paperback booklet, typically containing poems or fiction used in early days.

• Flipbook

• Novel

• Chapbook

• Pamphlet

A lyric poem written to or about someone, written in varied or irregular meter.

• Limerick

• Sonnet

• Ode

• Ballad

Choose the example of slant rhyme...

• And sweetest in the gale is heard;

  And sore must be the Storm

  That could abash the little bird

  That kept so many warm.

• I've heard it in the chillest land,

  And on the strangest sea;

  Yet, never, in extremity,

  It asked a crumb of me.

• I do not like green eggs and ham,

  I do not like them Sam I am.

• Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall

  Humpty dumpty had a great fall.

Choose the option that is True Rhyme...

• I walked to see my sister,

  and my shoes gave me a blister.

• Hope is the thing with feathers

  That perches in the soul,

  And sings the tune without the words,

  And never stops at all.

In this line from Emily Dickinson's Poem what does the following line mean?

I shall not live in vain;

• I will not live life with hope.

• I will not live with regret or shame.

• I will not live an adventurous life.

Poetry without a set structure or form is called

• lyrics

• spoken word

• Free verse

• rap