Which statement about poetry is accurate?
a. all poems are designed to have a rhyme pattern.
b. poetry is made up of multiple similes and metaphors.
c. poems are written to evoke emotions in readers.
d. poetry is made up verses called lyrics.

Poems are written to evoke emotions in readers is the most accurate. All writing is used to create some type of response from the readers even if it's merely to gain knowledge. Poetry especially is designed to create an emotional response. This is because poetry often uses the most concise language possible to not only convey it's subject but also the speaker's feelings toward the subject.

Wrong Answers

All poems do not have a rhyme pattern. A rhyming pattern exists when there is purposeful rhyme between lines that often follows a structure. For example, Shakespearean sonnets follow a very clear rhyme scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. However, this is not required for something to be considered a poem. In fact, free verse poetry is poetry that follows no structure at all. It has no rhyming pattern, no meter, and no structure.

Poetry does not have to contain similes or metaphors. A simile is a comparison between two things with using like or as: The girl ran like a cheetah. A metaphor is a comparison between two things without using like or as: The girl was a cheetah running down the track. Some poems contain none of these types of figurative language while other poems are an extended metaphor in themselves.

Poetry is made up of verses called lyrics. Lyric poetry is made up of different verses and often has a very clear rhyme and meter. This is just one form of poetry, but it can not be applied to all poetry. Meter is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables within a line of poetry. Shakespeare often wrote his poetry in iambic pentameter. This is a pattern of 10 syllables per line of poetry alternating stressed and unstressed syllables.

Subject: English

Level: High School

Chapter: Poetry

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Types of Poetry

Poetry Categories

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.