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Which type of poetry is known for focusing on pastoral life with shepherds and sheep?
Which type of poetry is known for focusing on pastoral life with shepherds and sheep?
- Bucolic (correct)
- Sonnet
- Narrative
- Epic
In ballad meter, how many iambs are typically found in the first line of a quatrain?
In ballad meter, how many iambs are typically found in the first line of a quatrain?
- Four (correct)
- Five
- Two
- Three
What is the defining characteristic of a sonnet?
What is the defining characteristic of a sonnet?
- It focuses on pastoral life
- It tells a story
- It is typically short in length
- It often revolves around themes of love (correct)
Which type of poem is characterized by being light, humorous, and usually bawdy?
Which type of poem is characterized by being light, humorous, and usually bawdy?
Which type of poetry is often associated with epic, world-spanning action?
Which type of poetry is often associated with epic, world-spanning action?
How many lines typically make up a quatrain in ballad meter?
How many lines typically make up a quatrain in ballad meter?
'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by Coleridge is an example of what type of poem?
'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by Coleridge is an example of what type of poem?
'The Ballad of Davy Crockett' and 'The Ballad of John and Yoko' are examples of what type of poems?
'The Ballad of Davy Crockett' and 'The Ballad of John and Yoko' are examples of what type of poems?
What is the defining feature of a ballad?
What is the defining feature of a ballad?
Which meter is commonly found in ballads like 'The Ballad of Davy Crockett'?
Which meter is commonly found in ballads like 'The Ballad of Davy Crockett'?
What is the characteristic rhyme scheme in ballad meter for the second and fourth lines of a quatrain?
What is the characteristic rhyme scheme in ballad meter for the second and fourth lines of a quatrain?
What type of poem is focused on pastoral life with shepherds and sheep?
What type of poem is focused on pastoral life with shepherds and sheep?
Which type of poetry is characterized by being light, humorous, and usually bawdy?
Which type of poetry is characterized by being light, humorous, and usually bawdy?
What is the main theme of an elegy?
What is the main theme of an elegy?
'Beowulf' is an example of what type of poetry?
'Beowulf' is an example of what type of poetry?
'Sonnet' poems are typically about which theme?
'Sonnet' poems are typically about which theme?
'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by Coleridge is an example of what type of poem?
'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by Coleridge is an example of what type of poem?
'Narrative poem' refers to poems that primarily do what?
'Narrative poem' refers to poems that primarily do what?
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