Poetry Activities

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A)     Hobsbaum, Philip. Metre, Rhythm and Verse form.

1.      What is Terzza Rima? What does it consist of?

2.      Who was the Italian poet who conceived this form?

3.      Cite two examples of famous poems written with Terzza Rima?

4.      What is a Ballad? What is it composed of?

5.      When the Ballad was originally conceived?

6.      Which literary movement recovered the Ballad?

7.      What is a Sonnet?

8.      What is the difference between the Italian and the English sonnet?

9.      What is a haiku? What does it consist of?

10.  Where does it come from?

B)    Research

1.      What is a Limerick? What does it consist of? What are its common themes? Cite an example.

2.      What is an Ode? What does it consist of? What are its common themes? Cite an example.

3.      What is a Villanelle? What does it consist of? What are its common themes? Cite an example.

4.      What is a Rondeau? What does it consist of? What are its common themes? Cite an example.

5.      What is an Anacreontic verse? What does it consist of? What are its common themes? Cite an example.

6.      What is a Chain Verse? What does it consist of? What are its common themes? Cite an example.

7.      What is a Triolet? What does it consist of? What are its common themes? Cite an example.

8.      What is a Canzone? What does it consist of? What are its common themes? Cite an example.

C)    Research

1.      What is Metre?

2.      What are the common Metres in English?

3.      What is a line? How lines can be classified?

4.      What is a stanza? How stanzas can be classified?

D)    Poem Analysis

1.      What is the main idea of the poem “Shall I compare thee to a Summer’s day”?

2.      What is the difference between Marlow’s “Come live with me and be my love” and John Donne’s “The Bait”?

3.      What is the main idea of John Donne’s “The Flea”?

4.      What is the difference between Shakespeare and John Donne’s world view? Justify your answer with examples from the poems.

5.      Which is more relevant to a contemporary reader? John Donne’s or Shakespeare’s poems?