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Poems: Stanzas and Lines

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Poems: Stanzas and Lines

Child reading a colorful poetry book

📚 Part 1: Understanding Poems

1. What is a poem?

A story with pictures

Words that rhyme and have rhythm

A long book

2. A group of lines in a poem is called a:

Sentence

Stanza

Chapter

3. How many stanzas are in this poem?

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,

Sugar is sweet,
And so are you!

1 stanza

2 stanzas

4 stanzas

4. Where do we start a new line in a poem?

Whenever we want

At the end of each page

Where the poet decides to break the line

✏️ Part 2: Counting and Identifying

5. How many lines are in this stanza?

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are,
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.

2 lines

4 lines

6 lines

6. Which of these shows correct line breaks?

Mary had a little lamb its fleece was white as snow

Mary had a little lamb,
Its fleece was white as snow

Mary had
a little
lamb its
fleece was

7. What comes between two stanzas?

A comma

A blank space

A period

8. Fill in the blank: Each ________ in a poem starts on a new line.

word

line

letter

🎨 Part 3: Apply What You Know

9. Which poem has 2 stanzas?

Row, row, row your boat,
Gently down the stream,
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream.

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.

All the king's horses and all the king's men,
Couldn't put Humpty together again.

10. Write the number of lines in this poem: ___________

Rain, rain, go away,
Come again another day,
Little children want to play,
Rain, rain, go away!

Instructions: Circle the best answer for questions 1-9. For question 10, count the lines and write the number in the blank.

🔑 Answer Key (For Teacher)

1. Words that rhyme and have rhythm

2. Stanza

3. 2 stanzas

4. Where the poet decides to break the line

5. 4 lines

6. Mary had a little lamb,
Its fleece was white as snow

7. A blank space

8. line

9. Humpty Dumpty poem (has 2 stanzas separated by blank space)

10. 4 lines

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