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Poetic Form

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  • Q1
    What is the definition of Form in poetry?
    Repetition of consonant sounds anywhere within a word.
    The structure or shape of written work.
    The repeating of beginning consonant sounds in a group of words.
    Repetition of vowel sounds at the beginning, middle, or end of a word.
    30s
  • Q2
    What is a haiku?
    Poetry in five lines.
    Short lines that continue a rhyme or near-rhyme for an indefinite number of lines until it flows into another rhyme or near-rhyme.
    A funny poem that combines a couplet with a triplet.
    Japanese poetry that depicts everyday observations and simple life experiences.
    30s
  • Q3
    What is a cinquain?
    The structure or shape of a written work.
    Consists of 3 lines, Japanese
    A funny poem that combines a couplet with a triplet.
    Consists of five lines.
    30s
  • Q4
    What is a limerick?
    The structure or shape of a written work.
    Japanese poetry form that depicts everyday observations and simple life experiences.
    Short lines that continue a rhyme or near-rhyme for an indefinite number of lines until it flows into another rhyme or near-rhyme.
    A funny poem that combines a couplet with a triplet.
    30s
  • Q5
    What is Skeltonic Verse?
    It consists of short lines that continue a rhyme or near-rhyme for an indefinite number of lines until it flows into another rhyme or near-rhyme.
    A Japanese poetry that depicts everyday observations and simple life experiences.
    The structure or shape of a written work.
    Consists of five lines.
    30s
  • Q6
    What form of Poetry is this? I know Not these hands And yet there I was A woman like once had hands Like these. - Adelaide Crapsey
    limerick
    Skeltonic voice
    cinquain
    haiku
    30s
  • Q7
    What form of poetry is this? There was a young lady whose chin Resembled the point of a pin; So she had it made sharp, And purchased a harp, And played several tunes with her chin. - Edward Lear
    haiku
    limerick
    cinquain
    Skeltonic voice
    30s
  • Q8
    What form of poetry is this? The seed of all song Is the farmer's busy hum As he plants his rice. - Matsuo Basho
    Haiku
    cinquain
    limerick
    Skeltonic verse
    30s
  • Q9
    What form of poetry is this? As patient and as still and as full of good will As fair Isaphill Colyander Sweet pomander, Good Cassander; Steadfast of thought; Well made, well wrought Far may be sought Ere that ye can find So courteous, so kind - John Skelton
    Skeltonic Verse
    limerick
    cinquain
    haiku
    30s

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