Poem forms - Unseen Poetry

Question 1

What is the Shakespearean sonnet made up of? (3)

Answer 1

3 quatrains - 4 line stanzas
1 couplet - 2 line stanza
Iambic pentameter

Question 2

What is an epic poem form?

Answer 2

Long, often book length, narrative in verse form that retells the heroic journey of a single person or a group of people

Question 3

What is a Petrarchan poem form?

Answer 3

Divides the 14 lines into 2 sections: an eight-light stanza (octave) rhyming ABBAABBA, and a six-line stanza (sestet) rhyming CDCDCD or CDECDE

Question 4

What is the form of an ode?

Answer 4

Short and written in equal-length stanzas, which have the same rhyme scheme and meter

Question 5

What is the ballad poem form?

Answer 5

A narrative-driven poem with short, pacey stanzas, the ballad is typically compromised of multiple quatrains

Question 6

What is the sonnet poem form?

Answer 6

14 line poem written in iambic pentameter , fixed rhyme scheme

Question 7

What is blank verse?

Answer 7

Unrhymed metered lines, primarily written using iambic pentameter