Villanelle

The rhyme scheme of the final stanza of the villanelle is...

• ABA

• ABBA

• ABAA

• ABCD

"One Art" and "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" are examples of

• ballads

• iambic pentameters

• villanelles

• epics

What is true about ballads, blank verse poems, haikus, limericks, sonnets, and villanelles?

• Their rules are determined by subject matter.

• Their rules are determined by the poet.

• Their rules involve structural elements.

• Their rules involve complex calculations.

Which poetry type has a refrain (A1 and A2)?

• ballad

• sonnet

• villanelle

Which poetry type has 19 lines and 6 stanzas (5 tercets and 1 quatrain)?

• ballad

• sonnet

• villanelle

Which type of poetry usually focuses on intense or dark topics?

• ballad

• sonnet

• villanelle

What type of poem is this by Edwin Arlington Robinson?

• ballad

• English/Shakespearean sonnet

• Italian Petrarchan sonnet

• villanelle

What is the structure of a villanelle?

• A) 14 lines, 3 quatrains and a couplet

• B) 19 lines, 5 tercets and a quatrain

• C) 12 lines, 4 tercets

• D) 20 lines, 4 quatrains and a couplet

Which of the following is a characteristic of a villanelle?

• A) Free verse

• B) Regular rhyme scheme

• C) No fixed structure

• D) Prose form

What is the rhyme scheme of a villanelle?

• A) ABAB

• B) AABB

• C) ABA

• D) ABCD