Poetry Form

Question 0

Closed

Answer 0

Poetic form in a fixed structure and pattern

Question 1

Open

Answer 1

Poetic form free from regularity and consistency in terms of rhyme, line length, and metrical form

Question 2

Blank Verse

Answer 2

Unrhymed iambic pentameter

Question 3

Free Verse

Answer 3

Lines with no prescribed pattern or structure

Question 4

Couplet

Answer 4

A pair of lines, usually rhymed

Question 5

Quatrain

Answer 5

Four-line stanza or grouping of four lines of verse

Question 6

Sonnet

Answer 6

Fourteen line poem in iambic pentameter with a prescribed rhyme scheme; its subject is traditionally that of love