Sonnet and Poetry Vocabulary

What is a "verse"?

• when a line of poetry ends with no punctuation

• a unit of poetry such as a stanza or line

• a metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

• a 14-line poem that states the author’s personal feelings; typically in rhymed iambic pentameter

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What is a "quatrain"?

• two lines of verse that rhyme and have the same meter

• a 14-line poem that states the author’s personal feelings; typically in rhymed iambic pentameter

• repeated sequence of meter composed of two or more syllables

• a stanza consisting of four lines

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What is a "sonnet"?

• a line of poetry consisting of 10 syllables (5 feet) of iambs (unstressed, stressed)

• a 14-line poem that states the author’s personal feelings; typically in rhymed iambic pentameter

• a metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

• a division of poem based on thought or form

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An "end stop" is a type of:

• meter

• verse

• enjambment

• caesura

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What is an "enjambment"?

• when a line of poetry ends in end punctuation (period, exclamation point, question mark)

• the pattern in which rhyme sounds occur in a stanza

• repeated sequence of meter composed of two or more syllables

• when a line of poetry ends in no punctuation

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What is the typical structure of an English sonnet?

• 2 quatrains and a couplet

• 3 quatrains and a couplet

• 1 quatrain and 2 couplets

• none of the above; they are free-verse

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What was the most common motif of a Shakespearean sonnet?

• Betrayal

• Jealousy

• Love

• Grief

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What is a "caesura"?

• a break or pause anywhere in a line of poetry

• the pattern in which rhyme sounds occur in a stanza

• when a line of poetry ends in no punctuation

• a metrical foot consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

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What is a "couplet"?

• a stanza consisting of four lines

• two lines of verse that rhyme and have the same meter

• the “turn” or change in effect or emotion

• the pattern in which rhyme sounds occur in a stanza

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What is "meter"?

• unrhymed iambic pentameter

• when a line of poetry ends in no punctuation

• the pattern in which rhyme sounds occur in a stanza

• the recurrence of rhythmic pattern in poetry

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