Structure of a Poem

What structure is poetry written in?

• Sentences & paragraphs

• Sentences & stanzas

• Lines & paragraphs

• Lines & stanzas

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The repetition of sound at the end of words is called ________.  

• stanzas

• lines

• rhyme 

• figurative language

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How does the idea of time contribute to the poem's structure?

• The speaker thinks about the past, and then the future, and the end he returns to the present.

• The speaker first thinks about what will happen in the future, wonders about the present, and then the past.

• The speaker thinks about the present autumn, then wonders what winter without spring would be like.

• The speaker recalls sitting by the fire during his youth, and remembers the sound of feet and voices.

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A grouped set of lines in a poem, set apart from others with a space is a (this is like the paragraph of poetry)...

• stanza

• refrain

• ballad

• chorus

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A group of lines in a poem separated with a blank line space.

• metaphor

• simile

• line

• stanza

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All are found in poetry except...

• rhyme scheme

• rhythm

• stanza

• paragraphs

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A piece of writing that usually has figurative language and is written in separate lines which often have a repeated rhythm and sometimes rhyme.

• poem

• stanza

• line

• personification

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What is a three-line Japanese verse form poem. 

• Diamante

• Limerick 

• Haiku 

• Sonnet

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What is the term for a repeated line or group of lines in a poem, often at the end of a stanza?

• A) Couplet

• B) Refrain

• C) Verse

• D) Meter

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Which of the following is a common structural element of a sonnet?

• A) 14 lines

• B) 12 lines

• C) 10 lines

• D) 8 lines

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