Poetry Quiz

What is poetry defined as?

• Randomness and unpredictability

• Special intensity in the expression of feelings and ideas

• Strict grammatical rules

• Repetition of the same words

What does the word "sonnet" mean in Italian?

• Little story

• Little song

• Small poem

• Short verse

Which type of poetry is known for having only three lines?

• Limerick

• Elegy

• Free Verse

• Haiku

What is a characteristic feature of Free Verse poetry?

• It has a fixed rhyme scheme

• It must be about nature

• There are not many rules to follow

• It is always humorous

What is the main subject of an Elegy?

• Love

• Death

• War

• Happiness

Which type of poetry became popular in the 19th century and is known to be funny and sometimes rude?

• Sonnet

• Elegy

• Limerick

• Haiku

What is a stanza in poetry?

• A type of poem

• A set amount of lines in poetry grouped together by their length, meter or rhyme scheme

• A single line in a poem

• A collection of poems

What is a couplet?

• A two-line stanza

• A three-line stanza

• A four-line stanza

• A five-line stanza

How many lines are there in a tercet?

• Two

• Four

• Three

• Six

What do you call a four-line stanza?

• Quatrain

• Sestet

• Cinquain

• Couplet