Sonnets

How many lines are in a sonnet?

• 10

• 4

• 16

• 14

Which of the following were the two poets we read in class?

• Henry Howard and William Seymour

• Shakespeare and Petrarch

• Shakespeare and Henry Howard

• Shakespeare and Thomas Mallory

What is a lyric poem?

• a poem that tells a story

• a poem that includes a regular rhyme scheme

• a poem that is a response to another poem

• a poem that tells a speaker's thoughts

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean Sonnet?

• ABCD CDBD EFCD GG

• ABAB CCAB EEAB GG

• AABB CCDD EEFF GG

• ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

In which country did sonnets originate from?

• Italy

• Germany

• England

• Norway

What is unusual about the woman Petrarch wrote his sonnets about?

• She didn't actually exist.

• She hated having poems written about her.

• He never actually got to know her.

• She was nothing like what the sonnets said about her.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the rhythm of sonnets?

• dactylic hexameter

• iambic pentameter

• blank verse

• iambic tetrameter

What is the structure of a Shakespearean sonnet?

• quatrain, quatrain, quatrain, couplet

• quatrain, quatrain, couplet, couplet

• octave, sestet

• octave, octave, sestet

How many lines are in a quatrain?

• 6

• 4

• 2

• 5

What is iambic pentameter?

• 14 syllables per line with 7 sets of two

• 12 syllables per line with 6 sets of two

• 10 syllables per line with 5 sets of two

• 16 syllables per line with 8 sets of two

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10