Types of poems

Worksheet: Types of poems

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Answer the questions.

1. How many syllables are in the first line of a haiku?
   a) 10b) 3c) 5d) 7
2. Which syllable pattern does a haiku follow?
   a) 3-5-3b) 5-5-5c) 5-7-5d) 7-5-7
3. A haiku has three lines.
   a) Trueb) False
4. How many syllables are in the word "butterfly"?
   a) 2b) 3c) 4d) 5
5. How many lines does a limerick have?
   a) 3b) 4c) 5d) 6
6. What is a limerick usually like?
   a) Funny and rhymingb) Only about naturec) Sad and unrhymedd) Very long and serious
7. In a limerick, the first, second and fifth lines usually rhyme.
   a) Trueb) False
8. In an acrostic poem, what do the first letters of each line do?
   a) Count syllablesb) Repeat the title twicec) Rhyme togetherd) Spell a word
9. An acrostic poem for the word SUN has how many lines?
10. Which type of poem does not need to rhyme or have a regular pattern?
    a) Free verseb) Haikuc) Limerickd) Rhyming couplet
11. All poems must rhyme.
    a) Trueb) False
12. Which pair of words rhymes?
    a) moon and manb) moon and mousec) moon and spoond) spoon and spin
13. In a poem, what is a group of lines called?
    a) A chapterb) A syllablec) A titled) A verse
14. What do we call a group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph in a story?
15. A poem has 12 lines in 3 equal verses. How many lines are in each verse?
    a) 3b) 4c) 6d) 9
16. A limerick has 5 lines. How many lines are in 2 limericks?