Creative Writing Poetry Writing Techniques 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is an elegy?
- A poem mourning the death of a person or lamenting a loss (Correct answer)
- A poem celebrating a military victory
- A humorous poem with a strict rhyme scheme
- A long narrative poem about heroic deeds
Correct answer: A poem mourning the death of a person or lamenting a loss
An elegy is a mournful poem written to grieve a death or express sorrow for a significant loss.
Question 2: What is a villanelle?
- A 19-line poem with two repeating refrains and a specific rhyme scheme (Correct answer)
- A poem with no set line length or rhyme
- A six-stanza poem about rural life
- A poem using only couplets
Correct answer: A 19-line poem with two repeating refrains and a specific rhyme scheme
A villanelle has 19 lines arranged in five tercets and a closing quatrain, with two lines repeating as refrains.
Question 3: What is the term for the repetition of initial consonant sounds in nearby words?
- Alliteration (Correct answer)
- Assonance
- Consonance
- Onomatopoeia
Correct answer: Alliteration
Alliteration is the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of closely placed words.
Question 4: What is assonance?
- Repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words (Correct answer)
- Repetition of consonant sounds at the start of words
- Words that sound like the thing they describe
- Rhyming words at the end of lines
Correct answer: Repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words
Assonance is the repetition of similar vowel sounds within nearby words, creating internal rhyme.
Question 5: What is an ode?
- A lyric poem praising or celebrating a subject (Correct answer)
- A narrative poem about a hero's journey
- A satirical poem mocking a public figure
- A poem written in the second person
Correct answer: A lyric poem praising or celebrating a subject
An ode is a formal lyric poem that exalts and praises a person, event, or object.
Question 6: What is free verse?
- Poetry without a regular meter or rhyme scheme (Correct answer)
- Poetry that freely borrows from other poets
- A poem with a very loose narrative structure
- Poetry written for public performance only
Correct answer: Poetry without a regular meter or rhyme scheme
Free verse poetry does not follow a fixed meter or rhyme scheme, allowing the writer to use natural speech rhythms.
Creative Writing Poetry Writing Techniques 2
What is an elegy?