G7 Poetry and Sonnets

What are the two types of sonnets we covered?

• Villanelle and Italian

• Italian and Shakespearean

• English and French

• Haiku and Sonku

A sonnet contains _____ lines. 

• 12
• 4
• 14
• 16

An Italian sonnet has..

• 3 Quatrains, 1 Couplet
• 1 Octave, 2 Couplets 
• 1 Octave, 1 Sestet

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

An Italian sonnet and a Shakespearean sonnet have the same number of lines

• false

• true

The rhyme scheme is the

• units of stressed syllables at the end of the lines

• nonrhyming stanzas at the end of the lines

• measures of stressed and unstressed syllables at the end of the lines

• pattern of rhymes at the end of the lines

The most common type of rhyme scheme is...

• end rhyme
• internal rhyme

The rhyme scheme of a sonnet depends upon ______________. 

• internal rhyme
• meter
• iambic pentameter
• end rhyme

What is the rhyme scheme for a Shakespearean Sonnet?

• ABBAABBA CDCDCD
• ABBAABBA CDECDE
• ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
• ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH

What is the rhyme scheme of an Italian sonnet?

• ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

• ABAB CDE CDE DDGG

• ABBAABBA CDCDCD

• ABBA ABAB CDCDEE

Which of the following poets ends his sonnets with a couplet?

• Ronsard
• Petrarch
• Dante Alighieri
• Shakespeare