Types of
Poetry
Practice Test
1. The only type of poetry that is a narrative.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
1. The only type of poetry that is a narrative.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
2. It is called the “opposites” poem and is
shaped like a diamond.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
2. It is called the “opposites” poem and is
shaped like a diamond.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
3. It is a reverent poem that celebrates,
almost worships, its subject.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
3. It is a reverent poem that celebrates,
almost worships, its subject.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
4. It is a silly, jingle of five lines that has a
rhyme scheme of a,a,b,b,a.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
4. It is a silly, jingle of five lines that has a
rhyme scheme of a,a,b,b,a.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
5. A formal, 14-line lyric poem written in
iambic pentameter.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
5. A formal, 14-line lyric poem written in
iambic pentameter.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
6. A three-line poem that originated in
Japan.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
6. A three-line poem that originated in
Japan.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
7. A five-line poem that is sometimes called
the “part of speech” poem.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
7. A five-line poem that is sometimes called
the “part of speech” poem.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
8. A poem that laments, or grieves, a
person’s death.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
8. A poem that laments, or grieves, a
person’s death.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
9. A poem that requires line 1 to have one
noun, line 2 to have two adjectives, line 3 to
have three verbs, line 4 to have a four-word
phrase, and line 5 to have a synonym for the
first line.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
9. A poem that requires line 1 to have one
noun, line 2 to have two adjectives, line 3 to
have three verbs, line 4 to have a four-word
phrase, and line 5 to have a synonym for the
first line.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
10. A poem that is always about the
delicateness of one moment in nature. It has
5 syllables in line one, 7 syllables in line two,
and 5 syllables in line three.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
10. A poem that is always about the
delicateness of one moment in nature. It has
5 syllables in line one, 7 syllables in line two,
and 5 syllables in line three.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
11. A five-line poem that has a rhythm of
trimeter, trimeter, dimeter, dimeter, trimeter.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
11. A five-line poem that has a rhythm of
trimeter, trimeter, dimeter, dimeter, trimeter.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
12. Some of the poems of this type that we
studied in class were about a Grecian urn, a
nightingale, enchanted light, and the
morning.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
12. Some of the poems of this type that we
studied in class were about a Grecian urn, a
nightingale, enchanted light, and the
morning.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
13. The poems we discussed in class that
are of this type are “from John Brown’s
Body” and “The Odyssey.”
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
13. The poems we discussed in class that
are of this type are “from John Brown’s
Body” and “The Odyssey.”
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
14. Two examples of poems of this type that
we studied in class are “O Captain, my
Captain!” and “She Dwelt Among Untrodden
Ways”
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
14. Two examples of poems of this type that
we studied in class are “O Captain, my
Captain!” and “She Dwelt Among Untrodden
Ways”
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
15. Two examples of poems of this type that
we studied in class are “Harriet Beecher
Stowe” and “How do I Love Thee.”
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
15. Two examples of poems of this type that
we studied in class are “Harriet Beecher
Stowe” and “How do I Love Thee.”
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
16. These are examples of which type of poem?
Racing
fast, zip
buzzing, rushing, flying
drivers on the track
NASCAR
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
dessert
cold, creamy
eating, giggling, licking
cone with three scoops
ice cream
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
16. These are examples of which type of poem?
Racing
fast, zip
buzzing, rushing, flying
drivers on the track
NASCAR
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
dessert
cold, creamy
eating, giggling, licking
cone with three scoops
ice cream
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
17. This is an example of which type of poem?
Angie
no one knows what really happened to her
all they know is that she is dead
some people say it was foul play some people say
it was something wrong in her head
but then I began to have these weird dreams about her
some beautiful some horrible
how do I know what’s real and what’s a fantasy
when Angie's not here to tell
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
17. This is an example of which type of poem?
Angie
no one knows what really happened to her
all they know is that she was good and dead
some people say it was foul play some people say
it was something wrong in her head
but then I began to have these weird dreams about her
some beautiful some horrible
but how do we know what’s real and what’s a fantasy
when Angie's not here to tell
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
17. This is an example of which type of poem?
Speedy Sam, while exploring a cave,
Had what I call a very close shave.
He stepped on a bear,
That had dozed off in there.
I’m glad he was faster than brave.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic
17. This is an example of which type of poem?
Speedy Sam, while exploring a cave,
Had what I call a very close shave.
He stepped on a bear,
That had dozed off in there.
I’m glad he was faster than brave.
A). Cinquain
B). Diamonte
C). Limerick
D). Haiku
E). Ode
F). Elegy
G). Sonnet
H). Epic