Poetry Quiz-Honors English

The type of poetry, and its particular rules, including the number of lines, line length (how many words/syllables), and stanzas.

• Form

• Haiku

• Lyric Poetry

• Ballad

Poetry in which the speaker shares his or her personal feelings and emotions.

• Concrete Poem

• Ballad

• Lyric Poetry

• Meter

Three line, seventeen syllable poems about nature. Line 1 had five syllables, line 2 has seven syllables, and line 3 has five syllables.

• Limerick

• Haiku

• Slant Rhyme

• Narrative Poetry

Poetry that tells a story; it includes a beginning, middle, and end, and often has dialogue.

• Concrete Poem

• Free verse poem

• Internal Rhyme

• Narrative Poetry

A type of narrative poetry written in short, rhyming stanzas. The term comes from the Latin word ballare, which means "to dance."

• Ballad

• Haiku

• Concrete Poem

• Rhyme

A humorous narrative poem of five lines, rhyming in lines 1, 2, and 5, and in lines 3 and 4.

• Meter

• Limerick

• Internal Rhyme

• Free verse poem

Poetry whose shape matches topics of the poem.

• Concrete poem

• Free verse poem

• Narrative Poetry

• Limerick

Poetry that does not rhyme and does not follow any specific structure; it is "Free" from all rules.

• Limerick

• Meter

• Internal Rhyme

• Free verse poem

A repetition of similar sounds in two or more words.

• Form

• Rhyme

• Slant Rhyme

• Meter

Repetition of similar sounds in two or more words within a line.

• Rhyme

• Internal Rhyme

• Slant Rhyme

• Free verse poem