Question

Love leads me many times beneath the shade Of ladies fair, whose necks are beauteous hills, And whiter far than flower of any grass; And one there cometh, clothed in robes of green, Who in my heart dwells, as strength dwells in rock, And among others seems as fairest lady. And when I glance upon this gentle lady, Whose brightness scatters every dusky shade, Her light so smites my heart it turns to rock; I roam, as strangled, all among the hills, Till I revive and am with love more green Than ever yet was spring or freshest grass. This excerpt is an example of what type of poem?

Answer 1

The correct answer is D) Sestina.

This excerpt is an example of a Sestina poem.

Sestina is the type of poem that has six stanzas. Then, in each stanza has six lines. The last seventh stanza does not have six lines but three. This is called Envoi o Tornada. One of the differences with other types of poems is that the Sestina doesn't rhyme. The Sestina has two variations. The Double Sestina and the Trinita.

The other options of the question were A) Sonnet, B) Ballad, and C) Haiku.