Quiz on Poetry

1. What is the main purpose of poetry?

   • A. To entertain
   • B. To express feelings
   • C. To tell a story
   • D. To create a rhythm

2. What is the most common form of poetry?

   • A. Haiku
   • B. Limerick
   • C. Sonnet
   • D. Free Verse

3. What is a metaphor?

   • A. A comparison between two unlike things
   • B. A figure of speech
   • C. A type of rhyme
   • D. A type of meter

4. What is the purpose of a rhyme scheme?

   • A. To create a rhythm
   • B. To create a pattern
   • C. To create a rhyme
   • D. To create a story

5. What is an example of a simile?

   • A. As busy as a bee
   • B. As quiet as a mouse
   • C. As strong as an ox
   • D. All of the above

6. What is an example of a quatrain?

   • A. A four-line stanza
   • B. A four-line poem
   • C. A four-line rhyme
   • D. A four-line meter

7. What is an example of a couplet?

   • A. Two lines of poetry that rhyme
   • B. Two lines of poetry that have the same meter
   • C. Two lines of poetry that have the same length
   • D. Two lines of poetry that have the same theme

8. What is the most common type of poetic meter?

   • A. Iambic Pentameter
   • B. Anapestic Tetrameter
   • C. Trochaic Hexameter
   • D. Dactylic Pentameter

9. What is the difference between a lyric poem and an epic poem?

   • A. Lyric poems are short and personal, while epic poems are long and epic
   • B. Lyric poems are long and epic, while epic poems are short and personal
   • C. Lyric poems are written in iambic pentameter, while epic poems are written in anapestic tetrameter
   • D. Lyric poems are written in rhyme, while epic poems are written in free verse

10. What is the difference between a sonnet and a villanelle?

    • A. Sonnets are written in iambic pentameter, while villanelles are written in anapestic tetrameter
    • B. Sonnets are written in rhyme, while villanelles are written in free verse
    • C. Sonnets are fourteen lines long, while villanelles are six lines long
    • D. Sonnets have a consistent rhyme scheme, while villanelles have a repeating line structure

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Poetry Practice Sheet

Introduction

Welcome to the Poetry Practice Sheet! This practice sheet is designed to help you increase your knowledge of poetry, and is suitable for students in the 10th grade. It is important to read the instructions carefully and to take your time as you work through the practice problems.

Basic Poetry Terms

Before you can understand how to analyze poetry, you need to understand the basic terms used to describe it. The following is a list of basic poetry terms:

• Stanza: A group of lines that form a unit in a poem.
• Rhyme: A repetition of similar sounds in two or more words.
• Meter: The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
• Alliteration: The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of two or more words in a line of poetry.
• Imagery: The use of vivid language to create mental images in the reader's mind.

Practice Problems

1. What is the definition of a stanza?
2. What is the definition of rhyme?
3. What is the definition of meter?
4. What is the definition of alliteration?
5. What is the definition of imagery?
6. Identify the rhyme scheme of the following poem:

The sun is bright, the sky is blue, The clouds come floating through. The trees are green, the grass is too, The birds are singing sweetly too.

Answer: AABBCC

1. Identify the meter of the following poem:

The sun is bright, the sky is blue, The clouds come floating through.

Answer: Iambic tetrameter (four iambs per line)