This set of English Grammar Exercises (MCQs) focuses on “Poetry Appreciation”.
1. Which of the following is correct about poetry?
a) All verses written are poetry
b) Verse is the form of poetry
c) Verses cannot be used in prose
d) Every prose containing a verse is poetry
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Explanation: The correct statement about poetry is that verse is the form of poetry. It means that poets may generally use verse as a form of poetry but it is not necessary that all verses are poetry. Hence the remaining options given are not correct about poetry.
2. Which essential characteristic of verse distinguishes poetry from a prose?
a) Rhythm
b) Music
c) Syllables
d) Alliteration
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Explanation: The most essential characteristic of poetry is rhythm. But in a prose there is no necessary need of rhythm. In fact most of the proses generally do not have rhythm. Rhythm makes the verses inn the poem more musical.
3. Which of the following is the correct meaning of rhythm?
a) Words having the same vowel sound and ending with the same consonant sound
b) The regular rise and fall in the flow of sounds at recurring intervals of strong and light sounds in a poetry or music
c) The poetry divided into a fixed number of syllables
d) Vivid mental pictures and images that are crafted into words and forming a poetry
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Explanation: Rhythm is a pattern of sound which is formed when there is a regular rise and fall in the beats of sound at specified intervals. Rhythm is generally concerned with music and it provides a charming sound to the flow of words in a poem.
4. Which of the following is the correct meaning of rhyme?
a) The rise and fall in the flow of sounds at regular intervals in poetry
b) When all the sentences of a prose or poetry end with the same sound
c) Words having the same vowel sound and ending with the same consonant sound are said to rhyme
d) When the same words are repeated at the end of every verse in poetry
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Explanation: When two or more words have the same sound or lines that end with words which are sounding same then they are said to rhyme with each other. Rhyming is used in most poems but is not a necessity in poetry.
5. Which of the following is the correct point of difference between rhyme and rhythm?
a) Rhythm constitutes rhyme but rhyme does not come under rhythm
b) Rhyme means when the words sound same but rhythm means when the sentences sound same
c) Rhyme is necessary in a verse but rhythm is not necessary in a verse
d) You can have a verse without rhyme but you cannot have a verse without rhythm
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Explanation: People might get confused between rhythm and rhyme or consider both as the same thing but these two are different in meaning from each other. To rhyme means to sound the same as the other word or line but rhythm means to create a particular pattern in the flow or sound. Rhyme and rhythm do have a connection but are not the same exact things.
6. What do you mean by stanza?
a) Division of poem into units and all units might be exactly alike in form
b) Division of prose into units and all units might be exactly alike in form
c) Division of story into units and all units might be exactly alike in form
d) Stanzas are verses in a poem which do not rhyme
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Explanation: A stanza is a group or set of lines in a poem. Just like a prose has paragraphs similarly a poem has stanzas. Most of the poems are written in stanzas which have the same pattern. But not necessarily all poems have the same pattern of stanza in them, the stanzas might be of different patterns in the same poem.
7. What are the essential characteristics of true poetry?
a) Exclamation, Imagination and Brevity
b) Unity, Order and Style
c) Music, Vision, Imagery and Emotion
d) Theme, Consistency, Style and Imagery
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Explanation: The essential characteristics of true poetry are Music, Vision, Imagery and Emotion. They together make a poem more understandable and it is also said that ‘Poetry springs from imagination roused by emotion, and is expressed in music and imagery’.
8. What is the term used for the figure of speech used to represent the sound of the words and to suggest or echo the sense, for example roar, bang, pop, etc.?
a) Metaphor
b) Onomatopoeia
c) Metonymy
d) Synecdoche
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Explanation: The word Onomatopoeia is a compound word in Greek, ‘Onoma’ meaning ‘name’ and ‘poiein’ meaning ‘to make’ so it literally means to make or create a name or sound. It is the process of creating words that can describe or imitate a sound.
9. What is the term used for the figure of speech which involves using the words beginning with the same consonant (or vowel) sound?
a) Hyperbole
b) Simile
c) Epigram
d) Alliteration
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Explanation: Alliteration is the literary term used for the figure speech which involves using a series of words having the same consonant or vowel sound in their initial. The most common example of alliteration is a tongue twister.
10. Sometimes in a poem the same lines or a part of it are regularly repeated at the end of each verse. What is the term used for such repeated line or phrase?
a) Refrains
b) Restrains
c) Repetitions
d) Rhetoric
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Explanation: Refrain is a figure of speech which is mostly used in poetry or songs. When same line or a part of it is regularly repeated in a poem or song, they are termed as refrains. Such repeated line or phrase is also called burden.
11. What is the correct term used for the representation of vivid mental pictures or images through skillful use of words?
a) Imagination
b) Description
c) Imagery
d) Personification
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Explanation: The correct term used for visual representation of mental pictures or images through words is imagery. It is a language used by poets or writers to make the reader envision the thoughts or visions in their piece of work.
12. In which of the following ways a poet represents imagery?
a) By expanding the poem
b) By using alliterations in the poem
c) By using regular rhythm and rhyme
d) By description and using picturesque epithets
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Explanation: Imagery is something that cannot be defined using alliterations or rhythm. It requires proper description of the vision that the poet keeps in mind while writing the poem. Alliterations, Rhythm, Rhyme and expanding a poem will not help in representing imagery.
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