Poetry and Its Forms

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Which of the following is a characteristic of a sonnet?

  1. 14 lines

  2. Iambic pentameter

  3. Rhyming scheme

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

A sonnet is a 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter with a specific rhyme scheme.

What is the name of the repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry?

  1. Meter

  2. Rhyme

  3. Assonance

  4. Alliteration


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Meter is the repeating pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.

Which of the following is an example of a free verse poem?

  1. Ode to a Nightingale

  2. The Raven

  3. Leaves of Grass

  4. Sonnet 18


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Leaves of Grass is a collection of free verse poems written by Walt Whitman.

What is the name of the literary device that uses words with similar sounds at the end of lines?

  1. Assonance

  2. Consonance

  3. Alliteration

  4. Onomatopoeia


Correct Option:
Explanation:

Rhyme is the literary device that uses words with similar sounds at the end of lines.

Which of the following is an example of a haiku?

  1. Ode to a Nightingale

  2. The Raven

  3. Leaves of Grass

  4. The Red Wheelbarrow


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Red Wheelbarrow is a haiku written by William Carlos Williams.

What is the name of the type of poem that tells a story?

  1. Narrative

  2. Lyric

  3. Dramatic

  4. Epic


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A narrative poem is a type of poem that tells a story.

Which of the following is an example of a lyric poem?

  1. The Canterbury Tales

  2. Ode to a Nightingale

  3. The Waste Land

  4. Paradise Lost


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Ode to a Nightingale is a lyric poem written by John Keats.

What is the name of the type of poem that is performed by actors?

  1. Narrative

  2. Lyric

  3. Dramatic

  4. Epic


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A dramatic poem is a type of poem that is performed by actors.

Which of the following is an example of an epic poem?

  1. The Canterbury Tales

  2. Ode to a Nightingale

  3. The Waste Land

  4. Paradise Lost


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Paradise Lost is an epic poem written by John Milton.

What is the name of the literary device that uses words with similar meanings?

  1. Assonance

  2. Consonance

  3. Alliteration

  4. Synonym


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Synonym is the literary device that uses words with similar meanings.

Which of the following is an example of a villanelle?

  1. The Raven

  2. Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

  3. The Waste Land

  4. Do not stand at my grave and weep


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night is a villanelle written by Dylan Thomas.

What is the name of the type of poem that consists of three stanzas of four lines each?

  1. Limerick

  2. Villanelle

  3. Epigram

  4. Quatrain


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

An epigram is a type of poem that consists of three stanzas of four lines each.

Which of the following is an example of a limerick?

  1. The Raven

  2. Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

  3. The Waste Land

  4. There was an Old Man with a Beard


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

There was an Old Man with a Beard is a limerick.

What is the name of the literary device that uses words with opposite meanings?

  1. Assonance

  2. Consonance

  3. Alliteration

  4. Antonym


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Antonym is the literary device that uses words with opposite meanings.

Which of the following is an example of an elegy?

  1. Ode to a Nightingale

  2. Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

  3. The Waste Land

  4. In Memory of W.B. Yeats


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

In Memory of W.B. Yeats is an elegy written by W.H. Auden.

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