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Grade 12 Poetry Elements Worksheet with Answers
Grade 12 (US) · Year 13 (UK) · Class 12 (India) · English
Unit 4: Reading LiteratureStructure & PoetryCCSS RL.11-12.5
Stanzas, rhyme, rhythm, meter and poem forms like haiku, limerick and sonnet. This free high school worksheet has 12 questions and a full answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF — every answer is checked by code, not guessed.
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Grade 12 · English
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Learning goal: Structure & Poetry · CCSS RL.11-12.5
Directions: This worksheet has 2 parts. Read the instructions at the start of each part.
What is one line of a poem called?
Answer: a line (or verse)
RememberRhyme scheme
Match each clue to the right word. Write the letter in the box.
- 1What do we call the pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines?
- 2What is a group of lines in a poem called?
- 3What is the regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables called?
- 4What is a poem with 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 syllables called?
- 5What is a line or phrase repeated throughout a poem called?
- 6What is the beat or pattern of sounds in a poem called?
- ARhyme scheme
- BRefrain
- CHaiku
- DStanza
- EMeter
- FRhythm
Answer each question. Use full sentences where you can.
- 7
What is a poem that doesn't rhyme or follow a set rhythm called?
- 8
How many lines does a sonnet have?
- 9
What is a funny five-line poem with an AABBA rhyme scheme called?
- 10
What do we call words that end with the same sound?
- 11
What is a two-line stanza called?
- 12
What is a four-line stanza called?
★ Challenge corner for fast finishers
Unscramble the letters: BIDR (clue: it has feathers)
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Answer key — Poetry Elements (Grade 12)
- 1.A — rhyme scheme
- 2.D — a stanza
- 3.E — meter
- 4.C — a haiku
- 5.B — a refrain
- 6.F — rhythm
- 7.free verse
- 8.14
- 9.a limerick
- 10.rhyming words
- 11.a couplet
- 12.a quatrain
- ★bird
Answer key (click to show)
- 1.A — rhyme scheme
- 2.D — a stanza
- 3.E — meter
- 4.C — a haiku
- 5.B — a refrain
- 6.F — rhythm
- 7.free verse
- 8.14
- 9.a limerick
- 10.rhyming words
- 11.a couplet
- 12.a quatrain
- ★bird (challenge corner)
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