Exploring Poetry

What is the rhyme scheme of the following stanza? ``` Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are! Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. ```

• ABAB

• AABB

• ABBA

• ABCD

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What is a sonnet?

• sonnet is a 10-line poem.

• sonnet is a 14-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme.

• sonnet is a type of novel.

• sonnet is a poem that tells a story.

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What is the main purpose of using a rhyme scheme in poetry?

• To make the poem longer

• To create rhythm

• To confuse the reader

• To provide factual information

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Identify the tone of the following lines: "The storm raged on, relentless and fierce, as the night grew darker."

• Hopeful

• Frightening

• Joyful

• Calm

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What is the rhyme scheme of this line "Roses are red, violets are blue, my best friend is Ted, and I don't know you"

• A A B B

• A B B A

• A B A B

• B A B A

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Which of the following describes a villanelle?

• A poem with 14 lines and a specific rhyme scheme

• A poem with 19 lines and a pattern of repeated lines

• A poem with no rhyme scheme

• A poem with a single stanza

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This is a composition in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

• Flashback

• Poem

• Sonnet

• Rhyme

A writer of verse is often called a

• Poet

• Poem Person

• Alliteration

• Personification

When there is similarity in the final sounds of two or more lines, it is called:

• rhyme

• poetry

• symbolism

• personification

This is another word for the fixed number of lines making up separate sections of a poem

• couplet

• stanza

• haiku

• alliteration