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Question
Taking the help of a dictionary/internet guess and write the type of poem against its description.
A poem set in picturesque, rustic background _______.
Options
Sonnet
Epic
Limerick
Lyric
Ballad
Humorous
Elegy
Idyll
Free verse
Solution
A poem set in picturesque, rustic background Idyll.
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