Poetry Quiz
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Spells out a name, word, phrase, or message with the first letter of each line of the poem.
A. sonnet
B. acrostic
C. limerick
The last word in a line will be echoed by a word placed in the beginning or in the middle of the following line.
A. internal rhyme
B. end rhyme
C. quatrain
The poet wants the entire humanity to
A. Keep talking
B. Keep running
C. Keep laughing
D. Keep still
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry.
A. end rhyme
B. meter
C. metaphor
The types of wars the poet talks about are
A. Green wars, wars with gas, wars with fire
B. Verbal wars
C. Technological warfare
D. Nuclear wars
Sudden strangeness is one of the following poetic devices
A. Simile
B. Personification
C. Alliteration
D. Repetition
The poet advises the people not to speak
A. French
B. Spanish
C. Any language
D. English
14 line poem, usually deals with love.
A. haiku
B. limerick
C. sonnet
What kind of a moment would it be when everyone is silent?
A. Terrible
B. Painful
C. Exotic
D. Unforgettable
The poet of ‘Keeping Quiet’ is
A. P.B Shelley
B. Vikram Seth
C. Pablo Neruda
D. Kamala Das
The men in the clean clothes would be walking with their
A. Nephews
B. Enemies
C. Colleagues
D. Brothers
The repetition of the beginning sound.
A. alliteration
B. onomatopoeia
C. simile
What does man threaten himself with?
A. Death
B. Birth
C. Robbery
D. Suicide
Fisherman in the cold sea would not harm
A. Seahorses
B. Mermaids
C. Whales
D. Tortoises
The pattern of rhyme that comes at the end of each line or verse.
A. meter
B. rhyme scheme
C. alliteration
Rhymed group of four lines in a poem.
A. limerick
B. quatrain
C. acrostic
Pairing the last word in one line with the last word on the next line.
A. end rhyme
B. meter
C. couplet
Poem typically written to praise a person, event, or thing.
A. ode
B. haiku
C. acrostic
The poet appeals the readers to keep quiet for
A. 20 seconds
B. 1 hour
C. 30 seconds
D. 1 second
Words that usually sound like the noises they depict.
A. onomatopoeia
B. simile
C. metaphor
Poem with five syllables in the first line, seven syllables in the second, and five syllables in the third.
A. haiku
B. free verse
C. couplet
Can or cannot rhyme, it can have as many lines or stanzas as you want.
A. limerick
B. free verse
C. nonsense
Silly poem that has rhyme and beat.
A. free verse
B. haiku
C. nonsense
Five-line poem that doesn’t have to rhyme
A. cinquain
B. acrostic
C. couplet
What according to the poet would interrupt the sadness of man’s life?
A. Great laughter
B. Huge silence
C. Arguments
D. Fights
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