Question

To be a hero, you don't need to win.

You can lose gracefully and triumph, still.
Just fight the battle that you find within.

Your heart gives you the strength to begin.
You'll find your way, if you can find your will.
To be a hero, you don't need to win.

Courage isn't a laurel, a flashy pin.
It doesn't need to give you any thrill.
Just fight the battle that you find within.

Trace your path, and know where you have been.
Knowing yourself is an important skill.
To be a hero, you don't need to win.

If you can walk upright, with upheld chin,
Follow the duties that you can fulfill.
just fight the battle that you find within.

What you look for, yours has always been.
Life is not a contest, it's not a drill.
To be a hero, you don't need to win.
Just fight the battle that you find within.
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Consider the following descriptions of poetic forms:

A villanelle is 19 lines long, but only uses two rhymes, while also repeating two lines throughout the poem. The first five stanzas are triplets, and the last stanza is a quatrain such that the rhyme scheme is as follows: "aba aba aba aba aba abaa."

The tricky part is that the 1st and 3rd lines from the first stanza are alternately repeated so that the 1st line becomes the last line in the second stanza, and the 3rd line becomes the last line in the third stanza. The last two lines of the poem are lines 1 and 3 respectively, making a rhymed couplet.

A sonnet is a fourteen-line poem in iambic pentameter with a carefully patterned rhyme scheme.

The sestina is an old fixed form of poetry, dating as far back as the twelfth century. It consists of six six-line stanzas and a three-line concluding stanza. The ending words of the first stanza are repeated throughout each subsequent stanza in a set pattern. The same six words appear in the concluding three-line stanza, two in each line.

A haiku uses no more than 17 syllables, arranging these often in lines of 5-7-5 syllables and avoiding similes and metaphors.

Free verse is a style of poetry that is based on cadences that are more irregular than those of traditional poetic meter. While the basic rhythmic unit of most traditional poetic forms is the foot, free verse tends to use longer units, such as the line or stanza. Free verse may or may not use rhyme. When it is used, it tends to follow a looser pattern than would be expected in formal verse.


Which definition most closely reflects the poem?
A.
sonnet
B.
sestina
C.
villanelle
D.
haiku

Answer 1

The definition that most closely reflects the poem is C. Villanelle

How to explain

The poem closely aligns with the structure and characteristics of a villanelle. It spans 19 lines with a repeated rhyme scheme "aba aba aba aba aba abaa."

It maintains the repeating lines from the first stanza throughout the poem, alternating their positions in subsequent stanzas. The final stanza utilizes these repeated lines as a rhymed couplet.

This structure, along with the thematic repetition of the message about heroism and inner battles, mirrors the distinct features of a villanelle.