Poetry Basics
Quiz by Denise Grandits
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- Q1A couplet isif the poem has iambic pentameterfour lines of poetrythe paragraph in a poemtwo lines of poetry30s
- Q2A quatrain isAll the lines in a poem3 lines of poetry4 lines of poetry2 lines of poetry30s
- Q3A stanza is....the rhyme scheme in a poemtwo lines of poetrythe paragraphs of a poemfour lines of poetry30s
- Q4What do we mean when we talk about the poem's RHYME SCHEME?if the poem has iambic pentameterthe pattern of any rhyming in a poemif the poem is more than one stanzathe form of poem it is (like a sonnet)30s
- Q5Which of these groups of lines shows this rhyme scheme: ABAB (NOTE: THE / indicates that one line of the poem has ended and another begins after the slash)The black, fuzzy cat/And the silly, fat dog/Found a hole with a rat/Inside a fallen logThe black, fuzzy cat/Found a hole with a rat/And the silly, fat dog/Inside a fallen logThe black, fuzzy cat/And the silly, fat dog/Saw inside a fallen log/A hole with a rat45s