Poetry Analysis: Word Meanings

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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?

Four (correct)

Five

Two

Three

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?

Doggerel Signup and view all the answers

Which type of poetry is often associated with epic, world-spanning action?

Epic Signup and view all the answers

How many lines typically make up a quatrain in ballad meter?

Four Signup and view all the answers

'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by Coleridge is an example of what type of poem?

Ballad Signup and view all the answers

'The Ballad of Davy Crockett' and 'The Ballad of John and Yoko' are examples of what type of poems?

Ballad Signup and view all the answers

What is the defining feature of a ballad?

Being short and song-like Signup and view all the answers

Which meter is commonly found in ballads like 'The Ballad of Davy Crockett'?

Iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter alternation Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic rhyme scheme in ballad meter for the second and fourth lines of a quatrain?

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What type of poem is focused on pastoral life with shepherds and sheep?

Bucolic Signup and view all the answers

Which type of poetry is characterized by being light, humorous, and usually bawdy?

Doggerel Signup and view all the answers

What is the main theme of an elegy?

Dedication to something that has passed Signup and view all the answers

'Beowulf' is an example of what type of poetry?

Epic poetry Signup and view all the answers

'Sonnet' poems are typically about which theme?

Love Signup and view all the answers

'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by Coleridge is an example of what type of poem?

Ballad Signup and view all the answers

'Narrative poem' refers to poems that primarily do what?

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Poetry Analysis: Word Meanings

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Which type of poetry is known for focusing on pastoral life with shepherds and sheep?

In ballad meter, how many iambs are typically found in the first line of a quatrain?

What is the defining characteristic of a sonnet?

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?

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?

'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?

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 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?

What is the main theme of an elegy?

'Beowulf' is an example of what type of poetry?

'Sonnet' poems are typically about which theme?

'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by Coleridge is an example of what type of poem?

'Narrative poem' refers to poems that primarily do what?

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