5 Written Questions

1. A poem that laments the death of a person, or one that is simply sad and thoughtful.
2. A Japenese poem composed of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables.
3. A figure of speech in which words are used to imitate sounds.
4. Poetry that is written in unrhymed iambic pentameter.
5. The occurance of the same or similar sounds at the end of two or more words.

5 Matching Questions

1. heroic couplet
2. metonymy
3. enjambment
4. antithesis
5. sonnet

1. a A stanza composed of two rhymed lines in an iambic pentamter.
2. b The continuation of a complete idea (a sentence or clause) from one line or couplet of a poem to the next line or couplet without a pause.
3. c A figure or speech in whih one word is substituted for another with which it is closely associated.
4. d A figure of speech in which words and phrases with opposite meanings are balanced against each other.
5. e A lyric poem that is 14 lines long.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. A type of poetry consisting of 10 or 11 syllable lines arrainged in three-line "tercets" with the rhyme scheme aba bcb cdc, ect.
   1. epigram
   2. ottava rima
   3. carpe diem
   4. terza rima
2. A poem in honor of a bride and bridegroom.
   1. personification
   2. idyll (or idyl)
   3. epithalamium (or epithalamion)
   4. iambic pentameter
3. The system of rhyme and meter in poetry.
   1. personification
   2. alliteration
   3. refrain
   4. versification
4. A type of poetry consisting of stanzas of seven lines in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme ababbcc.
   1. rhyme royal
   2. hyperbole
   3. rhyme
   4. senryu
5. A long narrative poem, especially one that was sung by medieval minstrels called trouveres.
   1. iamb
   2. lay
   3. elegy
   4. ode

5 True/False Question

1. canzone → A medieval Italian lyric poem, with five or six stanzas and a shorter concluding stanza (or envoy).
   

   True        False

2. simile → In a poem, a pair of lines that are the same length and usually rhyme and form a complete thought.
   

   True        False

3. caesura → A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line.
   

   True        False

4. anapest → A metrical foot of three syllables, two short (or unstressed) followed by on long (or stressed).
   

   True        False

5. iambic pentameter → A type of meter in poetry, in which there are five iambs to a line.
   

   True        False