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Quiz about Poetic Forms
Quiz about Poetic Forms

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A multiple-choice quiz by skylarb. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
skylarb
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
110,091
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
5 / 10
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945
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Question 1 of 10
1. Milton, Shakespeare, and Marlowe all used this unrhymed poetic form. Hint


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Question 2 of 10
2. Chaucer used this form, which consists of seven lines written in iambic pentameter. Hint


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Question 3 of 10
3. The famous poem by Dylan Thomas, "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night," is written in this form. Hint


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Question 4 of 10
4. A fourteen line poem written in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee is known as what? Hint


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Question 5 of 10
5. Alexander Pope often used this form, containing two lined rhymes written in iambic pentameter. Hint


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Question 6 of 10
6. Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is written in what form? Hint


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Question 7 of 10
7. Robert Frost said that this form was like "playing tennis with the net down." Hint


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Question 8 of 10
8. In the usual ballad stanza, the odd numbered lines have how many stressed beats? Hint


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Question 9 of 10
9. The Divine Comedy employed this form, which rhymes aba, bcb, cdc, ded. Hint


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Question 10 of 10
10. These are divisions of sense where stanzaic divisions do not exist. Hint



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1. Milton, Shakespeare, and Marlowe all used this unrhymed poetic form.

Answer: blank verse

 Blank verse was referred to as "Marlowe's mighty line." It is unrhymed, but it is written in iambic pentameter.
2. Chaucer used this form, which consists of seven lines written in iambic pentameter.

Answer: rhyme royal

 The specifc rhyme scheme is ababbcc.
3. The famous poem by Dylan Thomas, "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night," is written in this form.

Answer: villanelle

 This is a complex form requiring set repetition of lines and a specific rhyme scheme.
4. A fourteen line poem written in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme abab bcbc cdcd ee is known as what?

Answer: Spenserian Sonnet

 English sonnets are also called Shakespearean sonnets. What differentiates the Spenserian Sonnet is the more complex rhyme scheme.
5. Alexander Pope often used this form, containing two lined rhymes written in iambic pentameter.

Answer: heroic couplets

 Here is an example of a heroic couplet from Pope's "Essay on Criticism":

"Nay, fly to altars; there they'll talk you dead:
For fools rush in where angels fear to tread."
6. Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is written in what form?

Answer: ballad

 The ballad stanza consists of four lines rhyming abcb.
7. Robert Frost said that this form was like "playing tennis with the net down."

Answer: free verse

 He said this because free verse has no rules of rhyme, meter, or repetition to govern it. Free verse, therefore, is like a game played without rules--and, he seemed to imply--equally as pointless.
8. In the usual ballad stanza, the odd numbered lines have how many stressed beats?

Answer: 4

 The even numbered lines have 3.
9. The Divine Comedy employed this form, which rhymes aba, bcb, cdc, ded.

Answer: terza rima

 The Divine Comedy, which begins with The Inferno, was written by Dante in this Italian form.
10. These are divisions of sense where stanzaic divisions do not exist.

Answer: verse paragraphs

 Milton used these in Paradise Lost.
Source: Author skylarb

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Literature   English   Shakespeare   Poetry   Rhymes   Italian Language   Dante   Poetry Terminology   Robert Frost   Italians: Famous & Historical   Samuel Taylor Coleridge   Alexander Pope   Dylan Thomas   Dylan Thomas  

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