Types of Poetry

Question 1

poetry that certain letters, usually the first in each line form a word or message when read in a sequence

Answer 1

Acrostic

Question 2

poem that tells a story similar to a folktale or legend which often has a repeated refrain

Answer 2

Ballad

Question 3

poem written in unrhymed iambic pentameter that is often unobtrusive

Answer 3

Blank Verse

Question 4

poem written about one self’s life, personality traits, and ambitions

Answer 4

Bio

Question 5

poem that treats a serious subject as humor

Answer 5

Burlesque

Question 6

medieval Italian lyric style poetry with five or six stanzas and a shorter ending stanza

Answer 6

Canzone

Question 7

poetry with five lines

• 1 word (the title)
• 2 words that describe the title
• 3 words that tell the action
• 4 words that express the feeling
• 1 word which recalls the title

Answer 7

Cinquain

Question 8

uses typographical arrangements to display an element of the poem

Answer 8

Concrete

Question 9

poem with 2 lines which may be rhymed or unrhymed

Answer 9

Couplet

Question 10

type of poem which is spoken to a listener who unwittingly reveals details about him/herself

Answer 10

Dramatic Monologue

Question 11

sad and thoughtful poem about the death of an individual

Answer 11

Elegy

Question 12

extensive, serious poem that tells the story of a heroic figure

Answer 12

Epic

Question 13

very short, ironic and witty poem usually written as a brief couplet or quatrain

Answer 13

Epigram

Question 14

commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument written to praise the deceased

Answer 14

Epitaph

Question 15

poetry written in either rhyme or unrhymed lines that have no set fixed metrical pattern

Answer 15

Free Verse

Question 16

Japanese poem composed of 3 unrhymed lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae, usually containing a season word

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Haiku

Question 17

one short syllable followed by one long one in five sets in a row (e.g. la-LAH la-LAH la-LAH la-LAH la-LAH)

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Iambic Pentameter

Question 18

poem that is made up of a list of items or events

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List

Question 19

poem that expresses the thought and feelings of the poet

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Lyric

Question 20

poetry that tells about the word and uses the letters of the word for the 1st letter of each line

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Name

Question 21

lengthy lyric poem typically of serious/meditative nature and has an elevated style and formal stanza structure

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Ode

Question 22

poem that depicts rural life in a peaceful, romanticized way

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Pastoral

Question 23

sonnet consisting of an octave rhyming abbaabba followed by a setset of cddcee or cdecde

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Petrarchan Sonnet

Question 24

stanza or poem consisting of 4 lines where lines 2 and 4 must rhyme and have the same number of syllables

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Quatrain

Question 25

a rhyming poem with repetition of the same or similar sounds of 2 or more words often at the end of a line

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Rhyme

Question 26

Japanese poem similar to haiku in structure that treats human beings often in a satirical or humorous way

Answer 26

Senryu

Question 27

sonnet that consists of 3 quatrains followed by a couplet generally written in iambic pentameter

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Shakespearean Sonnet

Question 28

poetry written in shape or form of an object

Answer 28

Shape

Question 29

lyric poem that consists of 14 lines which usually have 1 or more conventional rhyme schemes

Answer 29

Sonnet

Question 30

bridge between literary & musical composition in which phonetics of human speech are used to create a poem

Answer 30

Sound

Question 31

Japanese poem of 5 lines, the 1st and 3rd composed of 5 syllables and the others 7

Answer 31

Tanka

Question 32

single metrical line of poetry

Answer 32

Verse

Question 33

19-line poem consisting of 5 tercets and a final quatrain on 2 rhymes

Answer 33

Villanelle

Question 34

visual arrangement of text, images, and symbols to help convey the meaning of the work

Answer 34

Visual