Poetry form terms

Question 1

Ballade

Answer 1

A poem consisting of three stanzas, all ending with the same line (refrain). The
first three stanzas commonly have eight or ten lines each and the same rhyme scheme.

Question 2

Elegy

Answer 2

a mournful, melancholy poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead.

Question 4

Genre

Answer 4

The TYPE of text that a piece belongs to. Examples of genre are: horror,
romance, science fiction or multicultural.

Question 5

Ode

Answer 5

A kind of poem devoted to the praise of a person, animal, or thing. An ode is usually
expresses deep feeling.

Question 6

Pastoral

Answer 6

A poem which deals with the simplicity and beauty of rural country life

Question 7

Sonnet

Answer 7

Made famous by Shakespeare. 14 lines. Abab cdcd efef gg rhyme scheme.
Iambic pentametre rhythm (10 syllable per line) Often about love and romance.

Question 8

Limerick

Answer 8

is a kind of a witty, humorous, or nonsense poem, especially one in five-line
strict rhyme scheme (AABBA), which is sometimes obscene with humorous intent.