This document provides instructions for analyzing the form and structure of poetic stanzas, including specifying the number of syllables per line, rhyme scheme, and whether each stanza is a quatrain, tercet, or couplet. It then provides examples of stanzas for analysis and an incomplete stanza to be completed. Finally, it prompts the reader to write a short poem of their own on suggested topics following specific guidelines.

3. For each of the following stanzas:
1) State the total number of syllables in each poetic
line.
2) Describe the rhyme scheme.
3) State if it is quatrain, tercet, or couplet.

4. STANZA 1:
Look above you, see how the skies are blue
And count the clouds that gather over you
The atoms in the deep sea – count them too
That’s as many times as I think of you.

5. STANZA 2:
SubhanAllah how time is very fast
Time nowadays flies faster than before
Before the Day of Judgment comes to us
Do more good, for God’s Love always implore.

6. STANZA 3:
What is wrong with this plane, I wonder,
Why wait for more passengers this long,
This plane is full of many blunders –
Like playing this silly awkward song.

7. Complete this stanza with a suitable
phrase, so that its last word rhymes
with any of the preceding words:
STANZA 4
Mom and dad, my loving parents,
Thank you for the love you showed me,
For teaching all that I should know,
And __________________________

9. For each of the following stanzas:
1) State the total number of syllables in each poetic
line.
2) Describe the rhyme scheme.
3) State if it is quatrain, tercet, or couplet.

10. STANZA 1:
“The party was fun,” she said nicely,
“We ate, we laughed, and played many games –
But what I love most about it was
How each of us wore masks on his face.”

11. STANZA 2:
Say “Bismillah” before doing anything,
Before you sleep, and before you eat and drink,
Always remember God wherever you are,
With Allah always maintain that special link.

12. STANZA 3:
So we are here, where would you like to go,
To the World Museum or to the zoo?
To the souvenir shops or the theme parks?
I’m hungry and thirsty, what about you?

13. Complete this stanza with a suitable
phrase, so that its last word rhymes
with any of the preceding words:
STANZA 4
Once upon a time I had many journals,
Different notebooks used as my diaries,
I no longer have them for I understand
That __________________________

15. Write a quick poem:
1) Your poem should consist 8 to 12 lines.
2) The stanzas should be couplets or quatrains.
3) Your topic should be about any of the following:
A) “We love Allah.”
B) “Worship Allah.”
C) “Follow the Qur’an and the Prophet’s
Sunnah.”
D) “Thank You, Allah.”
E) “Have good manners.”