The Sonnet Ballad

What two structures is the poem influenced by?

• ballad and free verse

• ballad and sonnet

• sonnet and villanelle

• acrostic and sonnet

What is the rhyme scheme of a sonnet?

• ABAB CDCD EFEF AA

• ABBA ABBA CDE CDE

• ABAB BABA CD CD

• ABCD ABCD ABCD AA

What is the message of the final couplet?

• The speaker's will be home after the war.

• The speaker's lover has passed away

• The speaker's lover will never return home.

• The speaker's lover has lost his way.

Why did Brooks call her poem a 'sonnet-ballad.'

• because she could not think of another name.

• because the poem is a combination of the sonnet and ballad form of poetry.

• because the poem rhymes.

• that's the name of the man she is talking about.

a lyric poem of fourteen lines. Typically the lines are divided into four stanzas. (the first 3 stanzas have 4 lines each and the last has 2 lines)

• sonnet

• haiku

• catalog poem

• narrative

A simple, song-like poem

• limerick

• epic poem

• ballad

• catalog poem

What is the primary theme of 'The Sonnet Ballad'?

• A) Love and loss

• B) Adventure and discovery

• C) Wealth and power

• D) Friendship and loyalty

Which literary device is predominantly used in 'The Sonnet Ballad'?

• A) Metaphor

• B) Alliteration

• C) Personification

• D) Simile

What is the structure of 'The Sonnet Ballad'?

• A) 14 lines with a specific rhyme scheme

• B) 12 lines with no rhyme scheme

• C) 16 lines with alternating rhyme

• D) 10 lines with a free verse style

Who is the author of 'The Sonnet Ballad'?

• A) Gwendolyn Brooks

• B) Robert Frost

• C) Emily Dickinson

• D) William Wordsworth