Poetic forms

Question 1

Ballad

Answer 1

Narrative:
Rhythm has a strong beat

Question 2

Epic

Answer 2

Narrative:
Long poem telling the story of a historical figure or event

Question 3

Allegory

Answer 3

Narrative:
Often appears in the form of an extended metaphor

Question 4

Dramatic monologue

Answer 4

Narrative:
Spoken in first person

Question 5

Lyric

Answer 5

Has a musical or song-like quality

Question 6

Sonnet

Answer 6

Fourteen lines depending on definite rhyme schemes

Question 7

Elizabethan/Shakespearean sonnet

Answer 7

Three quatrains followed by a rhyming couplet, follows an iambic pentameter pattern

Question 8

Petrarchan/Italian sonnet

Answer 8

Divided into the octave (first 8 lines) and the sestet (last 6 lines)

Question 9

Ode

Answer 9

Address or tribute in praise of something

Question 10

Elegy

Answer 10

Reflective poem or lament often dealing with topics such as death or mourning

Question 11

Couplet

Answer 11

Rhyme scheme:
Two consecutively rhyming lines

Question 12

Quatrain

Answer 12

Rhyme scheme:
Stanza of four lines with alternate rhymes