Drag each item to the correct location to show the elements of each type of poem.

Question

1. Villanelle:
2. Ballad:

a. rhyme scheme of ABCB
b. all four-line stanzas
c. second line of each stanza rhymes
d. mostly three-line stanzas

Answer 1

Here’s how the elements of each type of poem can be arranged:

1. Villanelle:

   • d. mostly three-line stanzas

2. Ballad:

   • a. rhyme scheme of ABCB
   • b. all four-line stanzas
   • c. second line of each stanza rhymes

(Villanelles consist of five tercets (three-line stanzas) followed by a quatrain (four-line stanza), while ballads typically have quatrains with an ABCB rhyme scheme.)