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Tip the scales with your recognition of 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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1. 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        
2. 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        
3. Poetry Forms:
 A long, serious poetry form that tells the story of a heroic figure is:
       Epigram        
       Epitaph        
       Epithalamium        
       Epic        
       Ode        
4. Poetry Forms:
 What is a poem of mortal loss and consolation called?
       Alexandrine        
       Ode        
       Envoi        
       Elegy        
       Epode        
5. Poetry Forms:
 The poetry form that depicts idealized rural life possibly with shepherds and countryside is:
       Ballad        
       Ode        
       Pastoral        
       Elegy        
       ABC Poem        
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