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Types of Poetry

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7 questions
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  • Q1
    What is a Sonnet?
    A five-line poem with a distinctive rhythm
    A Japanese poem composed of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables
    A poem which tells the story of an event
    A short rhyming poem with 14 lines
    30s
  • Q2
    What is a Haiku?
    A poem which tells the story of an event
    A Japanese poem composed of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables
    A five-line poem with a distinctive rhythm
    A short rhyming poem with 14 lines
    30s
  • Q3
    What is a Limerick?
    A poem which tells the story of an event
    A Japanese poem composed of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables
    A witty five-line poem with a distinctive rhythm
    A short rhyming poem with 14 lines
    30s
  • Q4
    What is a Narrative poem?
    A five-line poem with a distinctive rhythm
    A Japanese poem composed of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables
    A poem which tells the story of an event
    A short rhyming poem with 14 lines
    30s
  • Q5
    What is an Epic poem?
    A poem that expresses a poet's thoughts and feelings
    A long and serious poem telling the story of a heroic figure
    A poem depicting the weather conditions in a storm
    A poem that presents rural life in a peaceful, romanticized way
    30s
  • Q6
    What is a Pastoral poem?
    A poem that presents rural life in a peaceful, romanticized way
    A poem that expresses a poet's thoughts and feelings
    A long and serious poem telling the story of a heroic figure
    A poem depicting the weather conditions on a summer day
    30s
  • Q7
    What is a Lyric poem?
    A poem describing orchestrated music
    A long and serious poem telling the story of a heroic figure
    A poem that presents rural life in a peaceful, romanticized way
    A poem that expresses a poet's thoughts and feelings
    30s

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