Deck 1: Poetry and Poetic Forms

Question 1

A lengthy poem in the form of an address to a person or an entity is called____

A)lyric
B)sonnet
C)ballad
D)ode

Answer 1

ode

Question 2

The poetic forms of Haiku and Tanka have originated from ____

A)india
B)japan
C)korea
D)china

Answer 2

japan

Question 3

A Japanese poem that encapsulates a single impression of a natural object or scene.

A)tanka
B)jintishi
C)rubai
D)haiku

Answer 3

haiku

Question 4

Homer's Illiad and Odyssey are examples of _____

A)lyric poetry
B)dramatic poetry
C)epic poetry
D)satiric poetry

Question 5

Which type of poem has an octave and a sestet?

A)ode
B)lyric
C)sonnet
D)tanka

Question 6

The sonnet was perfected by____

A)homer
B)petrarch
C)virgil
D)juvenal

Question 7

The metrical foot that most closely resembles natural English speech is_______

A)iambic pentametre
B)iambic hexametre
C)trochaic metre
D)dactylic metre

Question 8

The line 'Love is not Love' employs the technique of _________

A)assonance
B)alliteration
C)hard rhyme
D)soft rhyme

Question 9

Edward Fitgerald is well known for his translation of _________.

A)omar khayam
B)homer
C)valmiki
D)virgil

Question 10

Prosody is the study of __________

A)prose
B)verse
C)essays
D)novels

Question 11

In Sonnet 116 Shakespeare personifies ________

A)love
B)time
C)marriage
D)doom

Question 12

A sonnet has ________ lines.

A)10
B)12
C)14.
D)16

Question 13

abab cdcd efef gg is the rhyme scheme for the _______ sonnet.

A)petrarchan
B)spenserian
C)shakespearan
D)wordsworthian

Question 14

"Love is not love / Which alters when it alteration finds" means that -

A)love is a fake romantic illusion
B)what people usually call love is not love
C)true love does not change with circumstance
D)as life progresses, love must be prepared to change

Question 15

In Sonnet 116, lines 9-12, beginning "Love's not Time's fool," suggest that love -

A)is not deceived my any material wealth
B)cannot last forever
C)outlives the end of youth
D)is strongest when people are young