Genre Type

Question 1

14 lines, usually made up of an octave and a sestet, is often presented in iambic pentameter

Answer 1

Sonnet

Question 2

consists of an octave rimming abbaabba and a sestet cdcddcd or cdecde

Answer 2

Italian or Petrarchan

Question 3

composed of three quatrains and a couplet riming abab cdcd efef gg

Answer 3

English or Shakespearean

Question 4

a poem intended to be sung by a chorus at a public festival or as a part of a drama

Answer 4

Ode

Question 5

a light humorous or nonsense verse of five anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme of aabba

Answer 5

Limerick

Question 6

a poem expressing sorrow, a mournful poem, also to lament one who is dead

Answer 6

Elegy

Question 7

narrative poem often of an ethnic group or race, intended to be sung

Answer 7

Ballad

Question 7

unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable

Answer 7

Iamb

Question 7

accented syllable followed by an unaccented syllable

Answer 7

Trochee

Question 8

an accented syllable followed by 2 unaccented syllables

Answer 8

Dactyl

Question 8

two accented syllables occurring together

Answer 8

Spondee

Question 9

2 unaccented syllables followed by one accented syllable

Answer 9

Anapest