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  • what is an example of modern-day poetry?
    music
  • Which two poems pertain to nature?
    Haiku and Tanka
  • How many lines does a Petrarchan sonnet have?
    14
  • What is a noun?
    A person, place, or thing
  • What are the two types of Sonnets?
    Shakespearean and Petrarchan
  • T/F A Haiku poem has to rhyme
    False
  • What literary device is used throughout "O Captain! My Captain!"
    Extended Metaphor
  • What is iambic pentameter?
    a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable.
  • What topic do Shakespearean sonnets usually pertain to?
    Romantic love
  • T/F An acrostic poem has each letter of a message as the last letter in the line
    False
  • What is a verb?
    an action word
  • What is an adjective?
    A describing word
  • A three-lined poem with a 5/7/5 syllable pattern
    Haiku
  • What shape is a diamante poem, roughly?
    a diamond
  • What is another name for an acrostic poem?
    an alphabet poem
  • A set of six lines at the end of a Petrarchan sonnet is called what?
    A sestet
  • How many lines does a cinquain poem have?
    5
  • How many lines does a Shakespearean sonnet have?
    16
  • How many iambs in a line of iambic pentameter?
    5
  • Emily Dickinson's "I heard a Fly buzz" is an example of what type of poem?
    Lyrical Poem
  • What is a metrical foot in poetry also called?
    an iamb
  • What type of poem is this? Though back at the time, I never thought I'd see her face Ain't a woman alive that could take my mama's place
    Couplet
  • "O Captain, My Captain" is an example of what type of poem?
    Elegy
  • A set of eight lines at the beginning of a Petrarchan sonnet is called a what?
    Octave
  • How many lines does a diamante poem have?
    7
  • What is a catalog poem?
    a poem that consists of a list or itemization of things or events
  • A two-lined poem that rhymes at the end of each line
    Couplet
  • Another name for a Petrarchan sonnet is what?
    Italian Sonnet
  • Another name for a Shakespearean sonnet is what?
    English sonnet
  • These two types of poems originated in Japan
    Haiku and Tanka
  • How many syllables per line does a sonnet usually have?
    10
  • What does iambic pentameter mimic the sound of?
    a heartbeat
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