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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 poetry form that sings in praise of God or a hero. Think of scriptures.
       Epitaph        
       Ode        
       Epic        
       Hymn        
       Rhyme Royal        
2. Poetry Forms:
 A medieval Italian lyric poetry form with five or six stanzas and a shorter concluding half-stanza (or envoy), usually about love. The poet Petrarch was a master in using it.
       Burlesque        
       Canzone        
       Carpe Diem        
       Terza Rima        
       Quatrain        
3. Poetry Forms:
 What is a 14 line rhyming poem called, which ends with a couplet and follows a certain meter according to the language it is written in?
       Sestina        
       Terza Rima        
       Senryu        
       Sonnet        
       Villanelle        
4. Poetry Forms:
 A long, serious poetry form that tells the story of a heroic figure is:
       Epigram        
       Epitaph        
       Epithalamium        
       Epic        
       Ode        
5. 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        
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