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Poetry Forms
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A simple quiz on poetry forms. I bet you'll have no problems figuring out the right answers, especially ff you are a bard, a poet, or just a plain poetry enthusiast like me; however, if you miss, this might be just the occasion to look them up. A good page on this site for poetry forms is:
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Poetry Forms 
Poetry Forms Easily Explained - a work of Bianca with additions by kansaspoet
by Shaara Dragon Breath
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1. Poetry Forms:
 A short Japanese form with 5-7-5 syllable count that features human beings
      Tanka        
      Haiku        
      Carpe Diem        
      Cinquain        
      Senryu        
 
2. Poetry Forms:
 A medieval Italian lyric poetry form with five or six stanzas and a shorter concluding half-stanza (or envoy), usually about love. The poet Petrarch was a master in using it.
      Burlesque        
      Canzone        
      Carpe Diem        
      Terza Rima        
      Quatrain        
 
3. Poetry Forms:
 A poetry form that sings in praise of God or a hero. Think of scriptures.
      Epitaph        
      Ode        
      Epic        
      Hymn        
      Rhyme Royal        
 
4. Poetry Forms:
 What is "ars poetica"?
      A form of spatial prosody        
      Poem that has poetry as its subject        
      A poem with words and phrases put together from several unrelated sources        
      A poem that is a journal of the poet's daily activities        
      A type of verse where lines consist only of graphic imagery        
 
5. Poetry Form Term:
 What is a carmen?
      A quiet, meditative poem        
      A visual poem that has a specific shape with each line in a different color        
      A short form of verse with an everyday subject        
      An epic poem about colors especially the red hues        
      Song or lyrics        
 
6. Poetry Forms:
 What is a poem of mortal loss and consolation called?
      Alexandrine        
      Ode        
      Envoi        
      Elegy        
      Epode        
 
7. Poetry Forms:
 What is a 14 line rhyming poem called, which ends with a couplet and follows a certain meter according to the language it is written in?
      Sestina        
      Terza Rima        
      Senryu        
      Sonnet        
      Villanelle        
 
8. Poetry Forms:
 A long, serious poetry form that tells the story of a heroic figure is:
      Epigram        
      Epitaph        
      Epithalamium        
      Epic        
      Ode        
 
9. Poetry Forms:
 The poetry form that depicts idealized rural life possibly with shepherds and countryside is:
      Ballad        
      Ode        
      Pastoral        
      Elegy        
      ABC Poem        
 
10. Poetry Forms:
 A type of poetry with stanzas of seven lines in iambic pentameter. It was introduced by Geoffrey Chaucer.
      Terza Rima        
      Tercet        
      Rhyme Royal        
      Sestina        
      Ballade        
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